teksi

How to say it

Meaning

A car with a driver that people hire for a single trip, paying a fare.

Good to know

N class noun, the same in singular and plural: teksi mbili. A motorbike taxi is bodaboda or pikipiki, and a shared minibus is daladala in Tanzania or matatu in Kenya.

Examples

• Tulichukua teksi kutoka uwanja wa ndege.We took a taxi from the airport.
• Dereva wa teksi alitudai shilingi elfu kumi.The taxi driver charged us ten thousand shillings.
• Teksi nyingi husubiri nje ya hoteli.Many taxis wait outside the hotel.