a okubanza

Tooro
Tooro numbers (edit)
10
1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: -mu, (in abstract counting) emu
    Ordinal: -a okubanza
    Adverbial: kubanza, enyalimu, omurundi gumu

Etymology

From -a (“of”) +‎ okubanza (“to be the first”, verbal noun).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a okuβáːnza/, [‿okuβáːnza]

Adjective

-a okubanza (declinable)

  1. first
    omuntu ow'okubanza ― the first person

Declension
Inflected forms of -a okubanza
Noun class indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
1/2 w'okubanza b'okubanza ow'okubanza ab'okubanza
3/4 gw'okubanza y'okubanza ogw'okubanza ey'okubanza
5/6 ly'okubanza g'okubanza ery'okubanza ag'okubanza
7/8 ky'okubanza by'okubanza eky'okubanza eby'okubanza
9/10 y'okubanza z'okubanza ey'okubanza ez'okubanza
11/10 rw'okubanza orw'okubanza
12/14 k'okubanza bw'okubanza ak'okubanza obw'okubanza
13 tw'okubanza otw'okubanza
14/6 bw'okubanza g'okubanza obw'okubanza ag'okubanza
15/6 kw'okubanza okw'okubanza
16 h'okubanza ah'okubanza
18 mw'okubanza omw'okubanza

Coordinate terms
  • -a okwongeraho (“next”)
  • -a okumalirra (“last”)

References
  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 160
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