akakaikuru

Tooro
Tooro numbers (edit)
 ←  1,000 [a], [b] ←  100,000 1,000,000 (106) 1,000,000,000 (109)  →  1012  → 
    Cardinal: akakaikuru

Etymology

From aka- (“class 12 prefix”) +‎ kaikuru (“old woman”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /akakaikúɾu/

Numeral

akakaikuru

  1. one million
    • 2008, Ekitabu Ekirukwera N'Ebitabu Ebyeetwa Deturokanoniko/Apokurifa [Bible in Runyoro/Rutooro Interconfessional Translation], Bible Society of Uganda, 1 Eky'okuhonderana 21:5:
      Yagambira Daudi omuhendo gw'abantu aba yabazire. Omu Isirairi yoona, hakaba harumu abasaija abaarwanisaaga empirima, akakaikuru kamu emitwaro ikumi; kandi omu Yuda, hakaba harumu emitwaro makumi ana na musanju.
      Joab reported the number of the fighting men to David: In all Israel there were one million one hundred thousand men who could handle a sword, including four hundred and seventy thousand in Judah.
  2. (rare) one billion

References
  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 159-160
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