edashara

Swahili

Swahili numbers (edit)
 ←  10 11 12  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: kumi na moja, edashara
    Ordinal: -a kumi na moja, -a edashara

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَحَدَ عَشَرَ (ʔaḥada ʕašara).[1]

Pronunciation

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Numeral

edashara (invariable)

  1. eleven
    Synonym: kumi na moja

Coordinate terms

Swahili cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
—0 —1 —2 —3 —4 —5 —6 —7 —8 —9
0— sifuri -moja, mosi -wili, pili -tatu -nne -tano sita saba -nane tisa, kenda
1— kumi kumi na moja, edashara kumi na mbili, thenashara kumi na tatu, thelatashara kumi na nne, arobatashara kumi na tano, hamstashara kumi na sita, sitashara kumi na saba, sabatashara kumi na nane, themantashara kumi na tisa, tisatashara
2— ishirini ishirini na moja ishirini na mbili ishirini na tatu ishirini na nne ishirini na tano ishirini na sita ishirini na saba ishirini na nane ishirini na tisa
3— thelathini thelathini na moja thelathini na mbili thelathini na tatu thelathini na nne thelathini na tano thelathini na sita thelathini na saba thelathini na nane thelathini na tisa
4— arobaini arobaini na moja arobaini na mbili arobaini na tatu arobaini na nne arobaini na tano arobaini na sita arobaini na saba arobaini na nane arobaini na tisa
5— hamsini hamsini na moja hamsini na mbili hamsini na tatu hamsini na nne hamsini na tano hamsini na sita hamsini na saba hamsini na nane hamsini na tisa
6— sitini sitini na moja sitini na mbili sitini na tatu sitini na nne sitini na tano sitini na sita sitini na saba sitini na nane sitini na tisa
7— sabini sabini na moja sabini na mbili sabini na tatu sabini na nne sabini na tano sabini na sita sabini na saba sabini na nane sabini na tisa
8— themanini themanini na moja themanini na mbili themanini na tatu themanini na nne themanini na tano themanini na sita themanini na saba themanini na nane themanini na tisa
9— tisini tisini na moja tisini na mbili tisini na tatu tisini na nne tisini na tano tisini na sita tisini na saba tisini na nane tisini na tisa

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 208 Nr. 1867
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