stendi

How to say it

Meaning

A place where buses and other public vehicles stop to pick up and drop passengers, often with offices and shops around it.

Good to know

N class noun, the plural is also stendi, from English stand. Stendi ya mabasi, bus station; stendi kuu, main bus station; stendi ya daladala, minibus stop.

Examples

• Tutakutana stendi saa kumi na mbili asubuhi.We will meet at the bus station at six in the morning.
• Stendi mpya ya mabasi imejengwa nje ya mji.A new bus station has been built outside the town.
• Wezi wengi huzurura stendi wakati wa sikukuu.Many thieves roam the bus station during the holidays.