dawati
dah-WAH-tee
How to say it
Swahilidawatidah-WAH-tee
Englishdesk; (office) desk, unit
Frenchbureau, pupitre; guichet, service
Meaning
A table with a flat top used for writing or reading, as in a school or an office; also a unit of an office that deals with one kind of matter, such as a gender desk at a police station.
Good to know
Ji/ma class noun: plural madawati. Shule inahitaji madawati is a common appeal for school desks; dawati la jinsia is a gender desk.
Examples
- Shule yetu imepokea madawati mia moja mapya.Our school has received a hundred new desks.
- Aliweka kompyuta yake juu ya dawati.He put his computer on the desk.
- Ripoti kesi hiyo kwenye dawati la jinsia polisi.Report that case to the gender desk at the police station.
Forms
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