Translation of "three" into Nyanja

That may explain why the vehicles got the name matatu—from a Swahili word tatu, meaning “three.”

Mwina zimenezi n’zimene zinachititsa kuti galimotozi zipatsidwe dzina lakuti matatu, kuchokera ku mawu a Chiswahili akuti tatu, kutanthauza zinthu “zitatu.”