oksijeni
oh-ksee-JEH-nee
How to say it
Swahilioksijenioh-ksee-JEH-nee
Englishoxygen
Frenchoxygène
Meaning
The gas in the air that people, animals and fire need; in hospitals it is given to patients who cannot breathe well.
Good to know
N class noun, no plural. Mitungi ya oksijeni, oxygen cylinders; kuwekewa oksijeni, to be put on oxygen.
Examples
- Mgonjwa aliwekewa oksijeni hospitalini.The patient was put on oxygen in hospital.
- Samaki wanahitaji oksijeni iliyo ndani ya maji.Fish need the oxygen that is in the water.
- Hospitali ilipokea mitungi ishirini ya oksijeni.The hospital received twenty oxygen cylinders.
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