mẹfa mẹfa

Yoruba

Yoruba numbers ^(edit)

	60
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Cardinal: ẹ̀fà     Counting: ẹẹ́fà     Adjectival: mẹ́fà     Ordinal: kẹfà     Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀mẹfà     Distributive: mẹ́fà mẹ́fà     Collective: mẹ́fẹ̀ẹ̀fà     Fractional: ìdámẹ́fà

Etymology

Derived from a reduplication of mẹ́fà (“six”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ́fà mɛ́fà/

Adverb

mẹ́fà mẹ́fà

1. six by six

Adjective

mẹ́fà mẹ́fà

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