a okubanza

Tooro

Tooro numbers ^(edit)

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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^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 160