# kenda
## Kamba
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kèndá.

### Numeral

kenda
* nine
| Noun Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| singular | Mundu | Muti | Numba | Kimanda | Itumbi | Uwathi | Kaindo | Wandu | Kuthaima |
| One - mondi | mondi | mmondi | mondi | kimondi | imondi | mondi | kamondi | wamondi | kumondi |
| plural | Andu | Miti | Numba | Imanda | Matumbi | Mbathi | Tuindo | Wandu | Kuthaima |
| Two - keri | aeri | yeri | yiri | iyiri | mairi | yiri | twiri | wairi | kwiri |
| Three - kadatu | adatu | midatu | datu | idatu | madatu | datu | tudatu | wadetu | kudatu |
| Four - kana | akana | mina | kana | ina | mana | kana | twana | wana | kwana |
| Five - kathano | athano | mithano | thano | ithano | mathano | thano | tuthano | wathano | kuthano |
| Six - thandatu | thandatu | thandato | thandatu | thandatu | thandatu | thandatu | thandatu | thandatu | thandatu |
| Seven - monza | monza | mimonza | monza | imonza | mamonza | monza | tumonza | wamonza | kumonza |
| Eight - nyanya | nyanya | nyanya | nyanya | nyanya | nyanya | nyanya | nyanya | nyanya | nyanya |
| Nine - kenda | kenda | kenda | kenda | kenda | kenda | kenda | kenda | kenda | kenda |
| Ten - ikumi | kumi | kumi | kumi | kumi | kumi | kumi | kumi | kumi | kumi |

## Kikuyu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kèndá.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɛ́ⁿdáꜜ/
    As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 7 with a disyllabic stem, together with njata, and so on.

### Numeral

kenda class 14 (plural makenda)
* nine

#### Derived terms

* kenda mũiyũru

### References

* ↑ “kenda” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 213. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

## Mwani
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kèndá.

### Numeral

kenda
* nine

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kèndá.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Numeral

kenda (invariable)
* nine

#### Synonyms

* tisa

#### Coordinate terms

| | —0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 |
| 0— | sifuri | -moja, mosi | -wili, pili | -tatu | -nne | -tano | sita | saba | -nane | tisa, kenda |
| 1— | kumi | kumi na moja, edashara | kumi na mbili, thenashara | kumi na tatu, thelatashara | kumi na nne, arobatashara | kumi na tano, hamstashara | kumi na sita, sitashara | kumi na saba, sabatashara | kumi na nane, themantashara | kumi na tisa, tisatashara |
| 2— | ishirini | ishirini na moja | ishirini na mbili | ishirini na tatu | ishirini na nne | ishirini na tano | ishirini na sita | ishirini na saba | ishirini na nane | ishirini na tisa |
| 3— | thelathini | thelathini na moja | thelathini na mbili | thelathini na tatu | thelathini na nne | thelathini na tano | thelathini na sita | thelathini na saba | thelathini na nane | thelathini na tisa |
| 4— | arobaini | arobaini na moja | arobaini na mbili | arobaini na tatu | arobaini na nne | arobaini na tano | arobaini na sita | arobaini na saba | arobaini na nane | arobaini na tisa |
| 5— | hamsini | hamsini na moja | hamsini na mbili | hamsini na tatu | hamsini na nne | hamsini na tano | hamsini na sita | hamsini na saba | hamsini na nane | hamsini na tisa |
| 6— | sitini | sitini na moja | sitini na mbili | sitini na tatu | sitini na nne | sitini na tano | sitini na sita | sitini na saba | sitini na nane | sitini na tisa |
| 7— | sabini | sabini na moja | sabini na mbili | sabini na tatu | sabini na nne | sabini na tano | sabini na sita | sabini na saba | sabini na nane | sabini na tisa |
| 8— | themanini | themanini na moja | themanini na mbili | themanini na tatu | themanini na nne | themanini na tano | themanini na sita | themanini na saba | themanini na nane | themanini na tisa |
| 9— | tisini | tisini na moja | tisini na mbili | tisini na tatu | tisini na nne | tisini na tano | tisini na sita | tisini na saba | tisini na nane | tisini na tisa |

### References

* Johansen, Aimee (2003) “Why Kiswahili adopted the words for six, seven and nine”, in Studies in African Linguistics‎, volume 32, number 2, pages 99-104

## Tooro
### Pronunciation

IPA: /kéːnda/

### Numeral

kenda
* nine thousand