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^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 159-160