orukumi

Tooro

Tooro numbers (edit)
10,000
 ←  100  ←  900 1,000
100
    Cardinal: rukumi
    Collective: orukumi

Etymology

From oru- (class 11 augmentative prefix) +‎ -kumi (“ten”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /orukúmi/

Noun

orukumi class 11 (plural enkumi class 10, augmentless rukumi, plural augmentless nkumi)

  1. A unit of one thousand, a chiliad.

References

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 158
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