sitasiyo
see-tah-SEE-yoh
How to say it
Kinyarwandasitasiyosee-tah-SEE-yoh
Englishstation (police, fuel, radio)
Frenchstation, poste (de police)
Meaning
A place set up for a service: a police station where suspects are held, a fuel station, or a radio station.
Good to know
A loan from French station; an n class noun with the same plural: sitasiyo ya polisi, police station; sitasiyo ya lisansi, fuel station.
Examples
- Bamujyanye kuri sitasiyo ya polisi iri hafi.They took him to the nearby police station.
- Twahagaze kuri sitasiyo gushyira lisansi mu modoka.We stopped at the station to put fuel in the car.
- Iyi sitasiyo ya radiyo yumvikana mu gihugu cyose.This radio station can be heard across the whole country.
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