kufikika
koo-fee-KEE-kah
How to say it
Swahilikufikikakoo-fee-KEE-kah
Englishto be reachable, to be accessible
Frenchêtre accessible, être joignable
Meaning
Of a place or a person: to be possible to get to, or possible to contact.
Good to know
Built on kufika, to arrive, with the ending ika, can be. Often with kwa urahisi, easily: eneo hili linafikika kwa gari, this area can be reached by car. The negative haifikiki means unreachable.
Examples
- Kijiji chetu kinafikika kwa pikipiki tu wakati wa mvua.Our village can only be reached by motorbike in the rainy season.
- Simu yake haifikiki tangu jana.His phone has been unreachable since yesterday.
- Barabara mpya itafanya mji huo ufikike kwa urahisi.The new road will make that town easy to reach.
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