kriketi
kree-KEH-tee
How to say it
Swahilikriketikree-KEH-tee
Englishcricket (the sport)
Frenchcricket (sport)
Meaning
A bat and ball game played by two teams of eleven, popular in Britain, India, Pakistan, Australia and Kenya.
Good to know
N class noun with no plural, usually mchezo wa kriketi. Not to be confused with the insect cricket, which in Swahili is nyenje or chenene.
Examples
- Kenya ina timu ya taifa ya kriketi.Kenya has a national cricket team.
- Wanafunzi wa shule hiyo hucheza kriketi kila Ijumaa.The students of that school play cricket every Friday.
- Mchezo wa kriketi unaweza kuchukua siku tano.A game of cricket can take five days.
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