mẹta mẹta

Yoruba

Yoruba numbers ^(edit)

	30
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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)