kabiri

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Tooro

Tooro numbers (edit)
[a], [b], [c] ←  1 2 3  → [a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal: -biri, (in abstract counting) ibiri
    Ordinal: -a kabiri
    Adverbial: kabiri, enyakabiri, emirundi ebiri
    Fractional: ekicweka

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kaβíɾi/

Adverb

kabiri

  1. twice

Synonyms

Uneapa

Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Philippine *gabi (whence Cebuano gabi, Tagalog gabi), though the final consonant does not match.

Pronunciation

Noun

kabiri

  1. taro
    Synonym: kamo

Further reading

  • Sarah Elizabeth Byrne, A practice-centred approach to Uneapa Island's archaeology in a long-term context (2008). Oceania (vol. 87, no. 1). Ph.D. dissertation. University College London.