matatu

（肯尼亚）出租面包车

发音

UK /məˈtætuː/
其它
US /məˈtɑˌtu/
其它

词形变化

matatus 复数 matatus

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A minivan used as a shared taxi, especially one operating without a licence.

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mà- Swahili ma- Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀ Swahili -tatu Swahili matatubor. English matatu From Swahili matatu, a clipping of mapeni matatu (“thirty cents”, literally “three ten-cent coins”), the flat fare paid for such transportation in the 1960s. The word matatu is from ma- (prefix forming plurals) + -tatu (“three”) (from Proto-Bantu *-tátʊ̀ (“three”)).

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