wodi
WOH-dee
How to say it
SwahiliwodiWOH-dee
Englishward (in a hospital)
Frenchsalle (d’hôpital)
Meaning
A room or section of a hospital with beds where patients of one kind stay, such as a maternity or children’s ward.
Good to know
N class noun, the same in singular and plural. Wodi ya wazazi, maternity ward; kulazwa wodi namba tatu, to be admitted to ward three.
Examples
- Mgonjwa amehamishiwa wodi ya watoto.The patient has been moved to the children’s ward.
- Wodi hii ina vitanda thelathini.This ward has thirty beds.
- Hospitali imejenga wodi mpya ya wazazi.The hospital has built a new maternity ward.
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