aadọrin

Yoruba

Yoruba numbers ^(edit)

		700
←  60	←  69	70	71  →	80  →
		7
Cardinal: àádọ́rin     Counting: àádọ́rin     Adjectival: àádọ́rin     Ordinal: àádọ́rin     Adverbial: ìgbà àádọ́rin     Distributive: àádọ́rin àádọ́rin

Etymology

From ẹ̀wá (“ten”) +‎ dín (“to subtract”) +‎ ní (“in”) +‎ ọrin (“eighty”), literally “ten subtracted from eighty”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /àá.dɔ́.ꜜɾĩ̄/

Numeral

àádọ́rin

1. seventy
   1. (after a noun) seventieth, number 70

Usage notes

Since this number does not have a m-based form, similar to other multiples of ten, if it's describing a total number of items, it comes before the noun.

1. Mo jẹ́ ọmọ àádọ́rin ọdún. – I am seventy years old.

However, if it is describing an ordinal sequence, it comes after the noun.

1. Ọmọ àádọ́rin l'ó jẹ́. – He's the seventieth child.

Derived terms

• aláàádọ́rin (“one who has/is characterized by seventy”)
• ẹ̀rìndínláàádọ́rin (“sixty-six”)
• ẹ̀rìnléláàádọ́rin (“seventy-four”)
• ẹ̀tàdínláàádọ́rin (“sixty-seven”)
• ẹ̀tàléláàádọ́rin (“seventy-three”)
• ọ̀kàndínláàádọ́rin (“sixty-nine”)
• ọ̀kànléláàádọ́rin (“seventy-one”)
• àràádọ́rin (“every seventy”)
• àrúndínláàádọ́rin (“sixty-five”)
• èjìdínláàádọ́rin (“sixty-eight”)
• èjìléláàádọ́rin (“seventy-two”)

 

Descendants

• Lucumí: adorín