mpangilio
mpah-ngee-LEE-oh
How to say it
Swahilimpangiliompah-ngee-LEE-oh
Englisharrangement, order, layout
Frenchdisposition, ordre, agencement
Meaning
The way things are placed or ordered in relation to each other, such as chairs in a room, buildings in a town or events in a plan; bila mpangilio means without any order.
Good to know
M class noun, plural mipangilio; it takes wa: mpangilio wa viti, the seating arrangement. It comes from kupanga, to arrange, and kwa mpangilio means in order.
Examples
- Mpangilio wa viti ukumbini ulibadilishwa kabla ya mkutano.The arrangement of the chairs in the hall was changed before the meeting.
- Andika majina haya kwa mpangilio wa alfabeti.Write these names in alphabetical order.
- Nyumba za mtaa ule zimejengwa bila mpangilio wowote.The houses in that neighborhood were built without any order.
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