Yoruba

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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

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Derived from a reduplication of mẹ́wàá (ten).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɛ́.ꜜwá mɛ́.ꜜwá/

Adverb

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mẹ́wàá mẹ́wàá

  1. ten by ten

Adjective

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mẹ́wàá mẹ́wàá

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