season

ɨl-apaitín Nom pl: ɨl-ápàìtìn. n.pl. Months of the Maasai calendar; season. Some Maa speakers suggest the following are names of months: Ilapaitín loó nkókùà 'Season of the long rains'; oladalʉ́ 'The one that becomes scorched' (January); arát 'Green just at the bottom of the valleys' (February); ɔɛnɨ́ ɔɨŋɔk 'The ritual tying of bulls' (March); olodoyíóríê inkókúâ 'When the Pleiades set' (April); Ilapaitín lɔ́ lɔɨrʉjʉ́rʉ̀j 'Chilly season'; ol-oilépunyie inkókúâ 'When the Pleiades rise' (May); kújú ɔ̀rɔ̀k 'Long black hair' (June); mórusásìn 'Thin stones' (July); ɔl-ɔ́ɨ́bɔ́r árɛ̀ 'White foamy water' (August); Il-apaitín ló ltúmùrèt 'Season of short rains'; kúshîn 'African pied wagtail' (September); ol-gísàn (October); pʉshʉ́kà 'Flower buds' (November); ntʉ́ŋʉ́s 'Short rain' (December). See: ɔl-ápà ‘Moon, month’.

enk-oirujúrujî Nom sg: enk-óírújúrujî. Acc pl: ink-oirujurujiní. Nom pl: ink-óírujurujiní. [West] Acc sg: enk-oirujúrùj. n. 1 • Drizzles.

2 • Short rains. See: nk-atipítipî ‘Drizzles’.

ɔl-ɔɨrʉjʉ́rrʉ̀j n. Short rains; drizzle?

rríáí [North] Acc pl: rriaitín. Nom sg: rríàì. Nom pl: rríaitín. n. [North] Severe drought. See: ɔl-áméyú ‘Drought; famine’.

rrʉrrʉ́mɛ̀ [North] n. [North] Rain that comes after a long draught.

o-súpúkó Nom sg: o-supukó. Acc pl: i-súpùkì. Nom pl: i-súpúkì. n. 1 • Cool wooded country. Osúpúkó lɛ̀ Màù etíí Enɔ́ɔ̀-supúkìà The Enoosupukia area is found in cool, wooded Mau country. (Pk).

2 • Dry season pasture. Isúpùkì apá ɛ́ɨ́dʉ́rákini tɛnɛ́toyu ɛnkɔ̂p Migration used to be done to the dry season pasture when the land became dry. (Pk).