ekari
eh-KAH-ree
How to say it
Swahiliekarieh-KAH-reesoon
Englishacresoon
Frenchacresoon
Meaning
A unit of land area, about 4,000 square meters, used in East Africa to measure farms and plots.
Good to know
N class noun, the same in the plural: ekari moja, ekari kumi. Hekta, hectare, is about two and a half ekari.
Examples
- Baba yangu analima ekari tano za mahindi.My father farms five acres of maize.
- Walinunua shamba la ekari mbili karibu na mto.They bought a two acre farm near the river.
- Ekari moja inaweza kutoa magunia ishirini ya mpunga.One acre can yield twenty sacks of rice.
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