mẹrin mẹrin

Yoruba

Yoruba numbers ^(edit)

	40
←  3	4	5  →
Cardinal: ẹ̀rin     Counting: ẹẹ́rin     Adjectival: mẹ́rin     Ordinal: kẹrin     Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀mẹrin     Distributive: mẹ́rin mẹ́rin     Collective: mẹ́rẹ̀ẹ̀rin     Fractional: ìdarin

Etymology

Derived from a reduplication of mẹ́rin (“four”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ́.ꜜɾĩ̄ mɛ́.ꜜɾĩ̄/

Adverb

mẹ́rin mẹ́rin

1. four by four

Adjective

mẹ́rin mẹ́rin

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