bbina

Tooro
Tooro numbers (edit)
4,000
[a], [b] ←  300 400 500  → [a], [b]
40[a], [b]
    Cardinal: bikumi bbina, bbina

Etymology

Sense 2 is a clipping of bikumi bbina (“four hundred”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bína/

Numeral

bbina

  1. class 8 form of -na (“four”)
  2. four hundred

Usage notes
  • Sense 2 (four hundred) cannot not used when a class 8 noun precedes it, in which case it means "four". bikumi bbina is used instead.
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