Kamba

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Kamba cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : kenda

Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-kèndá.

Numeral

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kenda

  1. nine

Kikuyu

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-kèndá.

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

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kenda class 14 (plural makenda)

  1. nine[1]

Derived terms

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References

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

Swahili

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

Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-kèndá.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Numeral

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kenda (invariable)

  1. nine

Synonyms

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Coordinate terms

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References

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  • 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

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

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /kéːnda/

Numeral

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kenda

  1. nine thousand