kenda

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Kamba[edit]

Kamba cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : kenda

Numeral[edit]

kenda

  1. nine

Kikuyu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Numeral[edit]

kenda class 14 (plural makenda)

  1. nine[1]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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

Swahili[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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Numeral[edit]

kenda (invariable)

  1. nine

Synonyms[edit]

Coordinate terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Johansen, Aimee (2003) “Why Kiswahili adopted the words for six, seven and nine”, in Studies in African Linguistics[1], volume 32, number 2, pages 99-104

Tooro[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /kéːnda/

Numeral[edit]

kenda

  1. nine thousand