ẹjọ

See also: ejo, ejò, ējo, ėjo, ejö, and -ejo

Yoruba

Yoruba numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: ẹ̀jọ     Counting: ẹẹ́jọ     Adjectival: mẹ́jọ     Ordinal: kẹjọ     Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀mẹjọ     Distributive: mẹ́jọ mẹ́jọ     Collective: mẹ́jẹ̀ẹ̀jọ     Fractional: ìdámẹ́jọ

Etymology 1

Compare with Igala ẹ̀jọ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.d͡ʒɔ̄/
• (Ekiti) IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.d͡ʒɔ́/

Numeral

ẹ̀jọ or ẹjọ́

1. eight

Usage notes

• ẹjọ́ form is used by speakers of the Ekiti dialect

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.d͡ʒɔ́/

Noun

ẹjọ́

1. (law) case
2. (law) sentence

   ẹjọ́ ikú ― death sentence

Derived terms

• adájọ́ (“judge”)
• agbẹjọ́rò (“lawyer”)
• dájọ́ (“to judge”)
• ilé ẹjọ́ (“court of law”)
• ilé ẹjọ́ kòtẹ́milọ́rùn (“appeals court”)