blaeve vɔ ɖekɛ

Ewe

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    Cardinal: blaeve vɔ ɖekɛ
    Ordinal: blaeve vɔ ɖekɛlia

Etymology

From blaeve (“twenty”) +‎ vɔ (“over”) +‎ ɖeka (“one”), literally “twenty over [by] one”.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blá.è.vè vɔ̌ ɖè.kɛ́/, [bl̃á.è.v͈è v͈ɔ̌ ɖè.kɛ́], [blá.è.v͈è v͈ɔ̌ ɖè.kɛ́]

Numeral

bláèvè vɔ̌ ɖèkɛ́

  1. twenty-one

References

  1. ^ Dzablu-Kumah, Simon Wellington (2015) Ulrike Claudi, Johannes Ayao Ossey, editors, Basic Ewe for Foreign Students‎[1], 2nd edition, Cologne: Universität zu Köln Institut für Afrikanistik, page 19
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