Contionary:mbula

Chlouvānem

Etymology

From Proto-Lahob *məbuŋo (eight), only found elsewhere in the Nayzehenyn branch: cognates include Yełeshian Lawo gbum̃o, Shershan Lawo gbum̃a, Nahawi kpuža.

Pronunciation

(Standard) IPA: [mbuɴ̆ä]

(Līlasuṃghāṇi) IPA: [mbuɴ̆ɐ]

Numeral

mbula (cardinal numeral; ordinal mbulende, collective mbulatām, distributive mbulhaicē, multiplicative mbularvīm, fractionary mbulendvāṭ)

1. eight

   dvārma mbulą phēcęs virā.

   In the room there are eight cats.

Inflection

Numeral, a-paradigm
Case	Plural
Direct Vocative	mbula
Accusative	mbulu
Ergative	mbules
Genitive	mbuli
Translative	mbulan
Exessive	mbulat
Essive	mbulą
Dative	mbulå
Ablative	mbulų
Locative	mbule
Instrumental	mbulap

Derived terms

• mbulas (eight (reified numeral))

Related terms

• chīka (seven)
• moja (nine)