ẹẹsan-an

Yoruba

Yoruba numbers (edit)
90
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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

Derived from owó + ẹ̀sán.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̄ɛ́.ꜜsã́/

Numeral

ẹẹ́sàn-án

  1. nine (used when counting)

Usage notes

  • According to the Standard Yoruba Orthography approved by the Joint Consultative Committee on Education in June 1974, to show the lengthening of a nasal vowel and not a syllabic nasal, a hyphen should be inserted: ẹẹ́sàn-án and not ẹẹ́sànán. Nonetheless, the latter, in addition to ẹẹ́sàn, is still used.

Alternative forms

  • ẹẹ́sànán, ẹẹ́sàn

Derived terms

References

  • Bamgboṣe, Ayọ, Orthographies of Nigerian Languages, pages 43-56
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