Kirundi Study & Dictionary

number ▶ igiharūro, nimero
(a very large, ten thousand etc.) isīnzi
(of things) igitigiri

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uburiri (ama-) 8 5 sg. class 8: ubu-
pl. class 5: ama- ▶ bed (plural used only for an indefinite number)
amariri menshi many beds
uburiri bubiri two beds

igitigiri (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ number (of things)

ibihetangabo 4 ▶ times (e.g. number of times)

isīnzi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ a great number (about ten thousand and above)

igihīnda (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ noise (as of wind, rain, running feet, etc.), by extension: great number of things

igiharūro (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ number

nimero 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ number

ubwāto (am-) 8 5 sg. class 8: ubu-
pl. class 5: ama- ▶ 1. boat, 2. traditional dugout canoe
(plural only used for indefinite numbers)
amāto menshi = many boats, but
ubwāto bubiri = two boats

figure ▶ (number) igiharuro

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time ▶ umwānya, ikibariro, igihe, amango
(another ~) ubundi
(a short time) akanya
(the very last) ubuherūka
(of finishing or attaining something) ikirīngo
(God's time) igihe c'imana
(for planting small grain) ibiba
(to set a ~, to do something at a ~) guhēnga
(to set, measure, await a fixed ~) kugerereza
(to spend ~ together) kumarana
(to waste one's ~) gukinanga
(how many ~) kangahe?
(many times) kēnshi
(no time) nta umwanya, ntamwanya
(number of times) ibihetangabo, e.g. seven times – ibihetangabo ndwi

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number found in: Kirundi I (Study lessons)

lesson 5 ▶ Mu and Ku

lesson 19 ▶ Class 5 i–, ama– & Continuous present

lesson 21 ▶ Verb –fise

lesson 27 ▶ Class 8 ubu–, ama–

lesson 37 ▶ Cardinal Numbers 1-10

lesson 76 ▶ Possessive Adjectives I

lesson 78 ▶ Causative Verbs I

lesson 109 ▶ How to Say “Why?”

lesson 118 ▶ Some Adverbs; The –raca– Tense

number found in: Kirundi II (Grammar)