omwenda

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Tooro

Tooro numbers (edit)
90
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    Cardinal: mwenda
    Ordinal: -a mwenda
    Adverbial: emirundi mwenda
    Collective: omwenda
    Fractional: ekicweka ekya mwenda

Etymology

From Proto-Rutara *omwenda, from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jèndá (“nine”).

Pronunciation

Noun

omwenda class 3 (plural emyenda class 4, augmentless mwenda, plural augmentless myenda)

  1. A group of nine persons or things.

References

  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 153
  2. Entry 3305 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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