swahili [noun]

Pikipiki ya miguu mitatu

Maana (Definition)

A small motor vehicle with three wheels used as affordable urban public taxi transport.

Tafsiri ya Kiingereza (English):

tuk-tuk / three-wheeled motor rickshaw

Sheng / Standard Equivalent:

tuk-tuk

Asili na Utamaduni (Origin & Etymology): Swahili Urban Transport

Mfano wa Sentensi (Example Sentence):

"Tulipanda pikipiki ya miguu mitatu kupita kwenye barabara nyembamba."

Translation: We boarded a three-wheeled motor rickshaw to pass through narrow streets.

Maneno Yanayohusiana (Related Terms):

tuk-tuk Chombo cha usafiri Gari