mẹsan-an mẹsan-an

Yoruba

Yoruba numbers ^(edit)

	90
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Cardinal: ẹ̀sán     Counting: ẹẹ́sàn-án     Adjectival: mẹ́sàn-án     Ordinal: kẹsàn-án     Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀mẹsàn-án     Distributive: mẹ́sàn-án mẹ́sàn-án     Collective: mẹ́sẹ̀ẹ̀sàn-án     Fractional: ìdámẹ́sàn-án

Etymology

Derived from a reduplication of mẹ́sàn-án (“nine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ́.ꜜsã́ mɛ́.ꜜsã́/

Adverb

mẹ́sàn-án mẹ́sàn-án

1. nine by nine

Adjective

mẹ́sàn-án mẹ́sàn-án

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

Usage notes

• See ẹẹ́sàn-án#Usage notes.

Alternative forms

• mẹ́sànán mẹ́sànán, mẹ́sàn mẹ́sàn