mẹta mẹta

Yoruba
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

Derived from a reduplication of mẹ́ta (“three”).

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

Adverb

mẹ́ta mẹ́ta

  1. three by three

Adjective

mẹ́ta mẹ́ta

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