Swahili
kitanda
kee-TAHN-dah
How to say it
Swahilikitandakee-TAHN-dahsoon
Englishbedsoon
Frenchlitsoon
Meaning
a piece of furniture for sleeping or resting on; a bed.
Good to know
The bed — ki-/vi- class: one kitanda, many vitanda.
Examples
- Nataka kitanda.I want a bed.
- Nataka kiti.I want a chair.
- Alilala juu ya kitanda.He slept on the bed.
- Je, kitanda hiki ni kikubwa?Is this bed big?