lately
recent, recently
new, modern, today
final, concluding
The word "latest" is an adjective. It is the superlative form of the adjective late. (It can also be considered a noun, e.g. Have you heard the latest?)
The Kikuyu word is equivalent to the English word recent kiambereria.
The opposite word for recent is old.
Recent, tender, youthful, inexperienced, green, fresh, brood, infants, offspring, progeny...
The future tense of "recent" is "will be recent."
up-to-date, current, latest, cutting-edge, recent, new-fangled, unknown
The word recent is not a verb and so doesn't have tenses.
The word you are looking for is "newer." It is the comparative form of "new," indicating that one thing is more recent or modern than another.
"This is a recent question on WikiAnswers."The recent attack put them on guard.