mẹfa mẹfa

Yoruba
Yoruba numbers (edit)
60
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    Cardinal: ẹ̀fà
    Counting: ẹẹ́fà
    Adjectival: mẹ́fà
    Ordinal: kẹfà
    Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀mẹfà
    Distributive: mẹ́fà mẹ́fà
    Collective: mẹ́fẹ̀ẹ̀fà
    Fractional: ìdámẹ́fà

Etymology

Derived from a reduplication of mẹ́fà (“six”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛ́fà mɛ́fà/

Adverb

mẹ́fà mẹ́fà

  1. six by six

Adjective

mẹ́fà mẹ́fà

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