kenda

Kamba

Kamba cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : kenda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kèndá.

Numeral

kenda

1. nine

Kamba Number Inflections

Noun Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
singular	Mundu	Muti	Numba	Kimanda	Itumbi	Uwathi	Kaindo	Wandu	Kuthaima
One - mondi	mondi	mmondi	mondi	kimondi	imondi	mondi	kamondi	wamondi	kumondi
plural	Andu	Miti	Numba	Imanda	Matumbi	Mbathi	Tuindo	Wandu	Kuthaima
Two - keri	aeri	yeri	yiri	iyiri	mairi	yiri	twiri	wairi	kwiri
Three - kadatu	adatu	midatu	datu	idatu	madatu	datu	tudatu	wadetu	kudatu
Four - kana	akana	mina	kana	ina	mana	kana	twana	wana	kwana
Five - kathano	athano	mithano	thano	ithano	mathano	thano	tuthano	wathano	kuthano
Six - thandatu	thandatu	thandato	thandatu	thandatu	thandatu	thandatu	thandatu	thandatu	thandatu
Seven - monza	monza	mimonza	monza	imonza	mamonza	monza	tumonza	wamonza	kumonza
Eight - nyanya	nyanya	nyanya	nyanya	nyanya	nyanya	nyanya	nyanya	nyanya	nyanya
Nine - kenda	kenda	kenda	kenda	kenda	kenda	kenda	kenda	kenda	kenda
Ten - ikumi	kumi	kumi	kumi	kumi	kumi	kumi	kumi	kumi	kumi

Kikuyu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kèndá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛ́ⁿdáꜜ/

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

Numeral

kenda class 14 (plural makenda)

1. nine

Derived terms

• kenda mũiyũru

Swahili

Swahili numbers ^(edit)

	90
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Cardinal: tisa, kenda     Ordinal: -a tisa, -a kenda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kèndá.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Numeral

kenda (invariable)

1. nine

Synonyms

• tisa

Coordinate terms

Swahili cardinal numbers from 0 to 99

	—0	—1	—2	—3	—4	—5	—6	—7	—8	—9
0—	sifuri	-moja, mosi	-wili, pili	-tatu	-nne	-tano	sita	saba	-nane	tisa, kenda
1—	kumi	kumi na moja, edashara	kumi na mbili, thenashara	kumi na tatu, thelatashara	kumi na nne, arobatashara	kumi na tano, hamstashara	kumi na sita, sitashara	kumi na saba, sabatashara	kumi na nane, themantashara	kumi na tisa, tisatashara
2—	ishirini	ishirini na moja	ishirini na mbili	ishirini na tatu	ishirini na nne	ishirini na tano	ishirini na sita	ishirini na saba	ishirini na nane	ishirini na tisa
3—	thelathini	thelathini na moja	thelathini na mbili	thelathini na tatu	thelathini na nne	thelathini na tano	thelathini na sita	thelathini na saba	thelathini na nane	thelathini na tisa
4—	arobaini	arobaini na moja	arobaini na mbili	arobaini na tatu	arobaini na nne	arobaini na tano	arobaini na sita	arobaini na saba	arobaini na nane	arobaini na tisa
5—	hamsini	hamsini na moja	hamsini na mbili	hamsini na tatu	hamsini na nne	hamsini na tano	hamsini na sita	hamsini na saba	hamsini na nane	hamsini na tisa
6—	sitini	sitini na moja	sitini na mbili	sitini na tatu	sitini na nne	sitini na tano	sitini na sita	sitini na saba	sitini na nane	sitini na tisa
7—	sabini	sabini na moja	sabini na mbili	sabini na tatu	sabini na nne	sabini na tano	sabini na sita	sabini na saba	sabini na nane	sabini na tisa
8—	themanini	themanini na moja	themanini na mbili	themanini na tatu	themanini na nne	themanini na tano	themanini na sita	themanini na saba	themanini na nane	themanini na tisa
9—	tisini	tisini na moja	tisini na mbili	tisini na tatu	tisini na nne	tisini na tano	tisini na sita	tisini na saba	tisini na nane	tisini na tisa

References

• 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

Tooro numbers ^(edit)

	90,000[a], [b]
←  8,000	9,000	10,000  → [a], [b], [c]
	900
Cardinal: kenda     Collective: akenda

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kéːnda/

Numeral

kenda

1. nine thousand