Swahili
kidawati
ki-da-WA-ti
How to say it
Swahilikidawatiki-da-WA-tisoon
Englishdesksoon
Frenchbureausoon
Meaning
a small desk, a variant of dawati.
Good to know
diminutive of dawati, desk; used for a child's or small writing desk.
Examples
- Mtoto aliketi kwenye kidawati chake kusoma.The child sat at his small desk to study.
- Kidawati hiki kimetengenezwa kwa mbao gani?What wood is this small desk made of?
- Hakuna kidawati cha ziada darasani.There is no extra small desk in the classroom.
- Shule ilinunua vidawati vipya kwa wanafunzi wadogo.The school bought new small desks for the young pupils.
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