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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?

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