a okubanza
Tooro
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| 1 | 2 → | 10 → | ||
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| Cardinal: -mu, (in abstract counting) emu Ordinal: -a okubanza Adverbial: kubanza, enyalimu, omurundi gumu | ||||
Etymology
From -a (“of”) + okubanza (“to be the first”, verbal noun).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a okuβáːnza/, [‿okuβáːnza]
Adjective
- first
- omuntu ow'okubanza ― the first person
Declension
| Noun class | indefinite | definite | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| 1/2 | w'okubanza | b'okubanza | ow'okubanza | ab'okubanza |
| 3/4 | gw'okubanza | y'okubanza | ogw'okubanza | ey'okubanza |
| 5/6 | ly'okubanza | g'okubanza | ery'okubanza | ag'okubanza |
| 7/8 | ky'okubanza | by'okubanza | eky'okubanza | eby'okubanza |
| 9/10 | y'okubanza | z'okubanza | ey'okubanza | ez'okubanza |
| 11/10 | rw'okubanza | orw'okubanza | ||
| 12/14 | k'okubanza | bw'okubanza | ak'okubanza | obw'okubanza |
| 13 | — | tw'okubanza | — | otw'okubanza |
| 14/6 | bw'okubanza | g'okubanza | obw'okubanza | ag'okubanza |
| 15/6 | kw'okubanza | okw'okubanza | ||
| 16 | h'okubanza | — | ah'okubanza | — |
| 18 | mw'okubanza | omw'okubanza | ||
Coordinate terms
- -a okwongeraho (“next”)
- -a okumalirra (“last”)
References
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 160