Yoruba

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Yoruba numbers (edit)
80
 ←  7 8 9  → 
    Cardinal: ẹ̀jọ
    Counting: ẹẹ́jọ
    Adjectival: mẹ́jọ
    Ordinal: kẹjọ
    Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀mẹjọ
    Distributive: mẹ́jọ mẹ́jọ
    Collective: mẹ́jẹ̀ẹ̀jọ
    Fractional: ìdámẹ́jọ

Etymology

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Derived from a reduplication of mẹ́jọ (eight).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɛ́.ꜜd͡ʒɔ̄ mɛ́.ꜜd͡ʒɔ̄/

Adverb

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mẹ́jọ mẹ́jọ

  1. eight by eight

Adjective

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mẹ́jọ mẹ́jọ

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