kumi
numeral
ten.
Kumi means ten. In shilingi kumi, it gives the number of shillings.
Forms
- makumi
- tens
Origins
Kumi belongs to Swahili’s inherited Bantu vocabulary.
Sources3
- A Handbook of the Swahili Language as Spoken at Zanzibar
Makumi means tens; makumi mawili means twenty.; The ordinal construction -a kumi means tenth.; The noun kumi has the plural makumi.
- World Loanword Database CLDF
As a noun, kumi belongs to classes 5/6.; Kumi goes back to earlier Bantu.
- Swahili — Tanzania — Numbers
Ten (10).
Examples
Nina shilingi kumi.
I have ten shillings.
Una shilingi kumi?
Do you have ten shillings?
Bei ni shilingi kumi.
The price is ten shillings.
Nimelipa shilingi kumi.
I have paid ten shillings.
Nauli ni shilingi kumi.
The fare is ten shillings.
Nahitaji shilingi kumi.
I need ten shillings.
Chenji ni shilingi kumi.
The change is ten shillings.
Andika namba kumi.
Write the number ten.
Chagua namba kumi.
Choose the number ten.
