ajali ya meli

How to say it

Meaning

An accident in which a ship sinks, runs aground or is badly damaged at sea or on a lake.

Good to know

Built from ajali, accident, and meli, ship. For a smaller boat or ferry people say ajali ya boti or ajali ya kivuko; kuzama, to sink, often goes with it.

Examples

• Watu wengi walipoteza maisha katika ajali ya meli ziwani.Many people lost their lives in the shipwreck on the lake.
• Ajali ya meli ilitokea usiku wa manane karibu na bandari.The shipwreck happened in the middle of the night near the port.
• Serikali imeunda tume kuchunguza ajali ya meli hiyo.The government has formed a commission to investigate that shipwreck.

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