Yoruba

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Yoruba numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: ẹ̀ta
    Counting: ẹẹ́ta
    Adjectival: mẹ́ta
    Ordinal: kẹta
    Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀mẹta
    Distributive: mẹ́ta mẹ́ta
    Collective: mẹ́tẹ̀ẹ̀ta
    Fractional: ìdata

Etymology

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Derived from a reduplication of mẹ́ta (three).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɛ́.ꜜtā mɛ́.ꜜtā/

Adverb

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mẹ́ta mẹ́ta

  1. three by three

Adjective

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mẹ́ta mẹ́ta

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