Swahili
kukutu
koo-KOO-too
How to say it
Swahilikukutukoo-KOO-toosoon
Englishcompletelysoon
Frenchcomplètementsoon
Meaning
completely, used in the phrase kauka kukutu, to be bone dry.
Good to know
mainly used in the fixed phrase kauka kukutu.
Examples
- Udongo ulikauka kukutu wakati wa kiangazi.The soil dried up completely during the dry season.
- Nguo zangu zimekauka kukutu juani.My clothes have dried completely bone dry in the sun.
- Je, mto ule umekauka kukutu?Has that river dried up completely?
- Baada ya wiki bila mvua, shamba lilikauka kukutu.After a week without rain, the field was bone dry.
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