bajaji
bah-JAH-jee
How to say it
Swahilibajajibah-JAH-jee
Englishauto rickshaw, tuk tuk
Frenchtricycle motorisé, tuk tuk
Meaning
A small three wheeled motor vehicle used as a cheap taxi in towns, named after the Indian maker Bajaj.
Good to know
Plural stays bajaji (n class): bajaji mbili. Common in Tanzania; in Kenya it is often called tuktuk. A motorcycle taxi is bodaboda or pikipiki.
Examples
- Tulikodi bajaji kutoka sokoni hadi nyumbani.We hired an auto rickshaw from the market to home.
- Dereva wa bajaji alitoza shilingi elfu tatu.The rickshaw driver charged three thousand shillings.
- Bajaji nyingi husubiri abiria nje ya hospitali.Many rickshaws wait for passengers outside the hospital.
Not yet checked by a native speaker.