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eyindi
e-YI-ndi
darken
French: s'assombrir / noircir
Na mpokwa, likolo eyindi.
In the evening, the sky darkens.
Le soir, le ciel s'assombrit.
To darken — when the light drains from the sky. Eyindi means it darkened, from koyinda, to grow dark. As the sun sets the likolo eyindi — the sky darkens — and the lamps and the evening begin.
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