bitaano

Tooro

Tooro numbers (edit)
5,000
[a], [b] ←  400 500 600  → 
50[a], [b]
    Cardinal: bikumi bitaano, bitaano

Etymology

Sense 2 is a clipping of bikumi bitaano (“five hundred”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /βitáːno/

Numeral

bitaano

  1. class 8 form of -taano (“five”)
  2. five hundred

Usage notes

  • Sense 2 (five hundred) cannot not used when a class 8 noun precedes it, in which case it means "five". bikumi bitaano is used instead.
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