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.