machamkano

How to say it

Meaning

Divisions or sections, such as departments within an organization.

Good to know

Plural of chamkano (ji-/ma class, class 5/6); a fairly rare, formal-register word for an organizational split.

Examples

• Wizara ilipitia machamkano yake yote mwaka huu.The ministry reviewed all its divisions this year.
• Je, machamkano haya yatajumuishwa upya?Will these divisions be reorganized?
• Machamkano hayo hayakuwa na wafanyakazi wa kutosha.Those divisions did not have enough staff.

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