siddeed

Somali

Somali cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : siddeed
    Ordinal : siddeedaad

Etymology

From Proto-East Cushitic *si/az-ay-t, from Proto-Cushitic *sazħ- (“three”). Compare Hadiyya sadeento, Oromo saddeet, Sidamo seete, Kambaata hezzéetto and Jiiddu siyiid.[1]

Numeral

siddeed

  1. eight

References

  1. ^ Salim Alio Ibro (1998) English-Jiddu-Somali Mini-Dictionary, Victoria, Australia: La Trobe University Language Center, →ISBN
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