tiketi
tee-KEH-tee
How to say it
Swahilitiketitee-KEH-tee
Englishticket; (political) ticket
Frenchbillet, ticket
Meaning
A paper or electronic card that shows one has paid to travel or to enter an event; in politics, the party under which one stands.
Good to know
A noun of the n class, the same in the plural. Kukata tiketi is to buy a ticket, and kwa tiketi ya chama means as the candidate of a party. Tiketi ya kucheza fainali is a place in the final.
Examples
- Nimekata tiketi ya basi kwenda Arusha.I have bought a bus ticket to Arusha.
- Tiketi za mechi zimeisha.The tickets for the match are sold out.
- Aligombea kwa tiketi ya chama cha upinzani.He ran on an opposition party ticket.
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