kumi
KOO-mee
How to say it
KinyarwandakumiKOO-mee
Englishten (in clock time: saa kumi, 4 o'clock)
Frenchdix (heure : saa kumi, 16 heures)
Meaning
The number ten as used in telling the time, taken from Swahili: saa kumi is the tenth hour of the day, four o'clock in the afternoon or before dawn.
Good to know
Only in clock times; for counting Kinyarwanda uses icumi. Saa kumi n'imwe is five o'clock and saa kumi n'ebyiri is six o'clock.
Examples
- Inama izatangira saa kumi z'umugoroba.The meeting will start at four in the afternoon.
- Abana bataha saa kumi n'imwe.The children go home at five o'clock.
- Nabyutse saa kumi za mu gitondo.I woke up at four in the morning.
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