mẹwaa mẹwaa

Yoruba

Yoruba numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: ẹ̀wá     Counting: ẹẹ́wàá     Adjectival: mẹ́wàá     Ordinal: kẹwàá     Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀mẹwàá     Distributive: mẹ́wàá mẹ́wàá     Collective: mẹ́wẹ̀ẹ̀wàá     Fractional: ìdámẹ́wàá

Etymology

Derived from a reduplication of mẹ́wàá (“ten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ́.ꜜwá mɛ́.ꜜwá/

Adverb

mẹ́wàá mẹ́wàá

1. ten by ten

Adjective

mẹ́wàá mẹ́wàá

1. ten each (followed by nouns to be distributed to)