third

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[English Word] third

[Swahili Word] -a tatu

[Part of Speech] adjective

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[English Word] third

[English Plural] thirds

[Swahili Word] theluthi

[Swahili Plural] theluthi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Derived Language] Arabic

[English Definition] one of three equal parts of a whole

[Swahili Definition] uwiano wa fungu moja kwa tatu za zima

[English Example] so as to avoid fracas, each one of the three persons got a third of the chapati

[Swahili Example] ili kusiwe na vurugu kati ya watu wale watatu, kila mmoja alipata thuluthi ya chapati ile moja

[Terminology] general / mathematics

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[English Word] third world

[Swahili Word] ulimwengu wa tatu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11

[English Example] Ninety percent of bad illnesses in the Third World are caused by water that is not good.

[Swahili Example] Asilimia tisini ya magojwa mabaya katika Ulimwengu wa

Tatu yanasababishwa na maji yasiyo bora. [www.alliance21.org/fr/platform/docs/pf_ks.rtf MAAZIMIO JUU YA ULIMWENGU

WA KUAMINIKA NA ULIOJIUNGA

]

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[English Word] third world

[Swahili Word] dunia ya tatu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9

[English Example] to get rid of the debts of the nations of the third world.

[Swahili Example] kufutwa kwa madeni ya nchi za dunia ya tatu. [http://phmovement.org/charter/pch-swahili.html Mkataba Wa Afya Ya Jamii]

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[English Word] two thirds

[Swahili Word] theluthi mbili

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9

[Derived Language] Arabic

[Related Words] mbili

[Terminology] general / mathematics

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