cumi na kane

How to say it

Meaning

The number 14, ten and four. Cumi is ten, na is and, and kane is the counting form of four.

Good to know

This is the form for counting and for ranks after wa, ya or cya: umurongo wa cumi na kane, the fourteenth line. After a noun the four agrees with it: abantu cumi na bane, imyaka cumi n'ine.

Examples

• Yabaye uwa cumi na kane mu banyeshuri mirongo itatu.He came fourteenth out of thirty students.
• Karindwi ukubye kabiri ni cumi na kane.Seven times two is fourteen.
• Soma umurongo wa cumi na kane w'iyi ndirimbo.Read the fourteenth line of this song.

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