mẹwaa mẹwaa

Yoruba

Yoruba numbers (edit)
100
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    Cardinal: ẹ̀wá
    Counting: ẹẹ́wàá
    Adjectival: mẹ́wàá
    Ordinal: kẹwàá
    Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀mẹwàá
    Distributive: mẹ́wàá mẹ́wàá
    Collective: mẹ́wẹ̀ẹ̀wàá
    Fractional: ìdámẹ́wàá

Etymology

Derived from a reduplication of mẹ́wàá (“ten”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛ́.ꜜwá mɛ́.ꜜwá/

Adverb

mẹ́wàá mẹ́wàá

  1. ten by ten

Adjective

mẹ́wàá mẹ́wàá

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