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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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