mita
MEE-tah
How to say it
SwahilimitaMEE-tahsoon
Englishmeter (unit of length)soon
Frenchmètresoon
Meaning
The main unit for measuring length and distance, equal to one hundred centimeters.
Good to know
The plural is the same word: mita mia moja, one hundred meters. Mita ya maji or mita ya umeme is also a water or electricity meter.
Examples
- Kisima hiki kina kina cha mita kumi.This well is ten meters deep.
- Alishinda mbio za mita mia nane.She won the eight hundred meter race.
- Nyumba yetu iko mita hamsini kutoka barabarani.Our house is fifty meters from the road.
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