gutambika

How to say it

Meaning

for daylight to break over the land, for the sky to grow light at dawn.

Good to know

used only of the sky or day breaking, not of people waking up.

Examples

• Ku gitondo, umuco uratambika buhoro buhoro.In the morning, daylight breaks slowly.
• Ese buriko buratambika?Is dawn breaking now?
• Ntibutambika kare mu gihe c'imvura.Dawn doesn't break early during the rainy season.
• Tuzagenda buracatambika.We will leave just as dawn is breaking.