bisatu - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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• 1 Tooro
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Numeral
    * 1.3.1 Usage notes

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Tooro numbers (edit) | | 3,000 | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | [a], [b] ← 200 | ← 290 | 300 | 400 → [a], [b] | | | | 30[a], [b] | | | | | | Cardinal: bikumi bisatu, bisatu | | | | |

Sense 2 is a clipping of bikumi bisatu (“three hundred”).

• IPA(key): /βisátu/

bisatu

1. class 8 form of -satu (“three”)
2. three hundred

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