mẹrin mẹrin

Yoruba
Yoruba numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: ẹ̀rin
    Counting: ẹẹ́rin
    Adjectival: mẹ́rin
    Ordinal: kẹrin
    Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀mẹrin
    Distributive: mẹ́rin mẹ́rin
    Collective: mẹ́rẹ̀ẹ̀rin
    Fractional: ìdarin

Etymology

Derived from a reduplication of mẹ́rin (“four”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛ́.ꜜɾĩ̄ mɛ́.ꜜɾĩ̄/

Adverb

mẹ́rin mẹ́rin

  1. four by four

Adjective

mẹ́rin mẹ́rin

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