omunaana

Tooro
Tooro numbers (edit)
80
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    Cardinal: munaana
    Ordinal: -a munaana
    Adverbial: emirundi munaana
    Collective: omunaana
    Fractional: ekicweka ekya munaana

Etymology

From Proto-Rutara *omunaana, from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀náánà (“eight”), from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀nàinài (“eight”, literally “four-four”), from Proto-Bantu *-nàì (“four”). Doublet of -na (“four”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /omunáːna/

Noun

omunaana class 3 (plural eminaana class 4, augmentless munaana, plural augmentless minaana)

  1. A group of eight persons or things.

References
  1. Entry 2242 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
  2. Entry 6434 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
  3. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 152
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