laki
LAH-kee
How to say it
SwahililakiLAH-kee
Englishhundred thousand (100,000)
Frenchcent mille (100000)
Meaning
The number one hundred thousand, used mostly for sums of money and large counts, as in laki tano, five hundred thousand.
Good to know
It comes before the number of hundred thousands: laki moja (100,000), laki mbili na nusu (250,000). Common in prices in Tanzania and Kenya; ten laki make one milioni.
Examples
- Simu hii inauzwa kwa shilingi laki mbili.This phone sells for two hundred thousand shillings.
- Mshahara wake ni laki sita kwa mwezi.His salary is six hundred thousand a month.
- Zaidi ya watu laki moja walikimbia makazi yao.More than one hundred thousand people fled their homes.
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