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Swahili

vilalio

vee-lah-LEE-oh

How to say it

Swahilivilaliovee-lah-LEE-ohsoon
Englishbedssoon
Frenchlitssoon

Meaning

Sleeping places or beds.

Good to know

plural of kilalio (ki-/vi- class); the singular also carries the sense 'evening meal', a sense not usually pluralized this way.

Examples

  • Wageni walipewa vilalio safi kwenye hoteli.The guests were given clean beds at the hotel.
  • Vilalio hivyo vilikuwa vimetandikwa vizuri.Those beds had been neatly made.
  • Je, kambi ina vilalio vya kutosha wageni wote?Does the camp have enough beds for all the guests?

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