omunaana
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Tooro
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| Cardinal: munaana Ordinal: -a munaana Adverbial: emirundi munaana Collective: omunaana Fractional: ekicweka ekya munaana | ||
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]omunaana class 3 (plural eminaana class 4, augmentless munaana, plural augmentless minaana)
- A group of eight persons or things.
References
[edit]- Entry 2242 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
- Entry 6434 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 152