kilomita

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

kilomita class IX (plural kilomita class X)

1. Alternative form of kilometa

Further reading

• kilomita in Swahili Oxford Living Dictionaries, Oxford University Press

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English kilometre.

Noun

kilomita

1. kilometer

Yoruba

Etymology

Borrowed from English kilometre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kì.ló.mí.tà/

Noun

kìlómítà

1. kilometer, kilometre (unit of measurement, 1000 m)

   Kìlómítà mélòó l'ẹ ti rìn lónìí?

   How many kilometers have you walked today?

Derived terms

• súkúà kìlómítà (“square kilometre”)

Related terms

• mítà (“meter”)
• sẹ̀ǹtímítà (“centimetre”)

 

References

• National Language Centre (1987) A Vocabulary of Primary Science and Mathematics in Nine Nigerian Languages, volumes 1 - Fulfilde, Izon and Yoruba, Enugu, Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Education National Language Centre; Fourth Dimension Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 117