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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