Swahili
majiti
mah-JEE-tee
How to say it
Swahilimajitimah-JEE-teesoon
Englishlarge treessoon
Frenchgrands arbressoon
Meaning
Large trees, tree trunks, or big pieces of timber, the augmentative plural of mti.
Good to know
plural of jiti, the ji-/ma- augmentative of mti (m-/mi- class).
Examples
- Majiti makubwa yalianguka wakati wa dhoruba.Large trees fell during the storm.
- Je, majiti haya yatatosha kujenga nyumba?Will these large trees be enough to build a house?
- Majiti hayajakatwa bado.The large trees have not been cut yet.
- Wataenda msituni kukata majiti kesho.They will go to the forest to cut large trees tomorrow.
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