cumi na kane

How to say it

Meaning

The number fourteen, made of ten and four, as used in counting, in dates and for ranks.

Good to know

Cumi, ten, na, and, kane, four. Used alone, in dates and after wa or rwa for ranks; with a noun the four agrees: abantu cumi na bane, fourteen people.

Examples

• Soma urupapuro rwa cumi na kane.Read page fourteen.
• Yabaye uwa cumi na kane mw'ihiganwa.He came fourteenth in the race.
• Cumi na kane ukuyemwo kane hasigara cumi.Fourteen minus four leaves ten.

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