indimi

Swahili

laha

LAH-hah

How to say it

SwahililahaLAH-hahsoon
Englishsheet of papersoon
Frenchfeuille de papiersoon

Meaning

a sheet or piece of paper (a rare, old-fashioned word; more commonly ukurasa).

Good to know

rare piece/sheet of paper. ( = ukurasa.) laika, ulaika (ma-); body hair; down (of birds)

Examples

  • Aliandika jina lake juu ya laha.He wrote his name on the sheet of paper.
  • Kitabu hicho kina laha nyingi zilizochanika.That book has many torn pages.
  • Nipe laha moja ya kuandikia.Give me one sheet of paper to write on.

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