en-kokúáí
rain
noun
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Definition
Pleiades, a group of stars that is visible in the sky during the long rainy season.
In a sentence
Ɛ́táá taá kɛ́shá amʉ̂ eiléputúā inkókúa.
It is now going to rain because the Pleiades have risen up (appeared on the sky).
Where this comes from
- Source
- Payne & Ole-Kotikash, Maa Dictionary (U. Oregon, 2005)
- Dialect
- Kenyan Maa (Keekonyokie/Purko/Wuasinkishu)