cumi na gatanu

How to say it

Meaning

The number fifteen, made of ten and five, as used in counting, in dates and for ranks.

Good to know

Cumi, ten, na, and, gatanu, five. Used alone, in dates and after wa or rwa for ranks; with a noun the five agrees: abantu cumi na batanu, fifteen people.

Examples

• Soma urupapuro rwa cumi na gatanu.Read page fifteen.
• Umukinyi wa cumi na gatanu yinjiye mu kibuga.The fifteenth player came onto the field.
• Cumi na gatanu ukuyemwo gatanu hasigara cumi.Fifteen minus five leaves ten.

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