Dugu tilama | past midnight

Entry:
Dugu tilama

Gloss:
past midnight; gone midnight; after midnight

Notes:
From the expression Dùgu tílara (Fr. Il est minuit passé); lit. “Town/earth has ended”. Compare with Dugu jɛra (‘The day has arisen’).

For example:

An sunɔgɔra o cogo la. Dugu tilama fɛ, dɔ nana muru kɛ ka n terimuso in sɔgɔ.

‘We slept like that. After midnight, someone came and stabbed my female friend.’

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