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Swahili

taksiri

tak-SI-ri

How to say it

Swahilitaksiritak-SI-risoon
Englishfaultsoon
Frenchdéfautsoon

Meaning

a fault, defect, or offense, a shortage or deficit.

Good to know

fault, defect; shortage, deficit; offense, crime. takua pride, arrogance, ostentation. Hakua dial, scratch, scrape, kuku wanapo- tafuta chakula hutakua mchanga. When chickens hunt for food they ordinarily scratch in the sand

Examples

  • Alikubali taksiri yake mbele ya hakimu.He admitted his offense before the judge.
  • Kuna taksiri katika hesabu za mwisho wa mwaka.There is a deficit in the year-end accounts.
  • Taksiri hii ilisababisha hasara kubwa.This defect caused a great loss.

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