o- the form of-taano (5) used to form the ordinal, ekitabo eky'okutaano, the fifth book. cf. -taano.

a kutaano.

Olw'okutaano, Fulaayide.

o- without the l.V.'s Lwaku- taano Friday, lit. the fifth (day, olunaku). cf. -taano.

a- (li/ma) back, in the form emabega ai art adv. back; behind, emabega w'oluggi, behind the door, emabega wange, behind me. emabegako katono, a little while back, little farther back (in space). ku Lwokutaano olwa wiiki eku- biddwa amabega, on Friday of last week. cf. bbega.

the Holy Land. Ekitabo Ekitukuvu, the Holy Book, the Bible. Olwokutaano Olu- tukuvu, Good Friday, cf. tukula.

-taano numeral stem five. Initial modifications are made according to the class of the noun to which the numeral refers. Note that ttaano is used in counting (one, two, three, etc.) as well as with nouns of the lu/n and n/n classes. Under certain circumstances (for which see the grammars) amakumi ataano, 50, is abbreviated to ataano. cf. okutaano, Olwokutaano.