Yoruba

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Yoruba numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: ẹ̀sán
    Counting: ẹẹ́sàn-án
    Adjectival: mẹ́sàn-án
    Ordinal: kẹsàn-án
    Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀mẹsàn-án
    Distributive: mẹ́sàn-án mẹ́sàn-án
    Collective: mẹ́sẹ̀ẹ̀sàn-án
    Fractional: ìdámẹ́sàn-án

Etymology

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Assimilation of ìdá mẹ́sàn-án.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ì.dá.mɛ́.ꜜsã́/

Noun

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ìdámẹ́sàn-án

  1. one-ninth

Usage notes

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Alternative forms

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