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-mbi

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-mbiriri inclusive enumerative pron. & adj. both, both of. The forms with the disjunctive pronouns are-' ffembi(riri), both of us; mmwembi(riri), both of you; bombi(riri), both of them. Also used with pronominal concordants. ebitabo byombi, both books. cf. -biri, -nsatule.

-mbi, -mbiriri inclusive enumerative pron. & adj. both, both of. The forms with the disjunctive pronouns are-' ffembi(riri), both of us; mmwembi(riri), both of you; bombi(riri), both of them. Also used with pronominal concordants. ebitabo byombi, both books. cf. -biri, -nsatule.

Related Words
-biri numeral stem two. Initial modifications are made ac cording to the class of the noun to which the numeral refers. Note that bbiri is used in counting (one, two, three, etc.) as well as with nouns of the lu/n and n/n classes. Under certain circumstan -biri numeral stem two. Initial modifications are made ac cording to the class of the noun to which the numeral refers. Note that -nsatule inclusive enumerative pron. & adj. all three. The forms with the disjunctive pronouns are: ffensatule all three of us; mmwensatule, the three of you. bonsatule, the three of them (personal), ebitabo byonsatula, all three books, cf. -ombi -ombiriri see -mbi, -mbiriri.