Ufafanuzi kutoka Wiktionary, kamusi iliyo huru
Literally: the eastern corner
- Used as a metaphor to describe the spot where the sun comes out; morning.
- c. 398 - 445: Fan Ye (范晔), Book of Later Han, Scroll 17, The Biography of Feng Yi (后汉书˙卷十七˙冯异传)
- 可谓失之东隅，收之桑榆
- It may be said that if one loses it in the morning, one gains it (back) at sunset.
东隅 (simplified, simplified 东隅, traditional 東隅, pinyin dōngyú) (cmn)
- asubuhi; daybreak
- eastern side (of a room)
