mẹsan-an mẹsan-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 a reduplication of mẹ́sàn-án (“nine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛ́.ꜜsã́ mɛ́.ꜜsã́/

Adverb

mẹ́sàn-án mẹ́sàn-án

  1. nine by nine

Adjective

mẹ́sàn-án mẹ́sàn-án

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

Usage notes

Alternative forms

  • mẹ́sànán mẹ́sànán, mẹ́sàn mẹ́sàn
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