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kenda

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Kamba

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Kamba cardinal numbers
< 8 9 10 >
Cardinal:kenda

Etymology

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FromProto-Bantu*-kèndá.

Numeral

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kenda

  1. nine

Kikuyu

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Etymology

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FromProto-Bantu*-kèndá.

Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together withnjata,and so on.

Numeral

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kendaclass14(pluralmakenda)

  1. nine[1]

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^“kenda” in Benson, T.G. (1964).Kikuyu-English dictionary,p. 213. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Swahili

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Swahili numbers(edit)
90
← 8 9 10 →
Cardinal:tisa,kenda
Ordinal:-a tisa,-a kenda

Etymology

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FromProto-Bantu*-kèndá.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio(Kenya):(file)

Numeral

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kenda(invariable)

  1. nine

Synonyms

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Coordinate terms

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References

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  • Johansen, Aimee (2003) “Why Kiswahili adopted the words for six, seven and nine”, inStudies in African Linguistics[1],volume32,number 2, pages99-104

Tooro

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Tooro numbers(edit)
90,000[a],[b]
← 8,000 9,000 10,000 →[a],[b],[c]
900
Cardinal:kenda
Collective:akenda

Pronunciation

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IPA(key):/kéːnda/

Numeral

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kenda

  1. nine thousand