Swahili
vistari
vee-STAH-ree
How to say it
Swahilivistarivee-STAH-reesoon
Englishdashessoon
Frenchtiretssoon
Meaning
Punctuation marks, the dashes or hyphens.
Good to know
plural of kistari (ki-/vi- class); grammatical/typographical term.
Examples
- Mwandishi alitumia vistari kutenganisha maneno.The writer used dashes to separate the words.
- Je, vistari hivi vinatumika lini?When are these dashes used?
- Vistari hivi si nukta.These dashes are not periods.
- Mhariri ataondoa vistari visivyo vya lazima.The editor will remove unnecessary dashes.
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