futi
FOO-tee
How to say it
SwahilifutiFOO-tee
Englishfoot (unit of length), feet
Frenchpied (unité de longueur)
Meaning
A unit of length of about thirty centimeters, used for heights, depths and sizes such as shipping containers.
Good to know
Same form in the plural (n class): futi sita, six feet. It is borrowed from English and names only the measure; the body part is mguu.
Examples
- Mlango huu una urefu wa futi saba.This door is seven feet high.
- Walichimba kisima cha futi thelathini.They dug a well thirty feet deep.
- Kontena la futi arobaini lilifika bandarini jana.A forty foot container arrived at the port yesterday.
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