ẹgbaa

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Yoruba numbers (edit)
20,000[a], [b]
 ←  1,000  ←  1,900 2,000 2,100  →  3,000  → [a], [b]
200
    Cardinal: ẹgbàá, ẹgbẹ̀wàá
    Counting: ẹgbàá, ẹgbẹ̀wàá
    Adjectival: ẹgbàá, ẹgbẹ̀wàá
    Ordinal: ẹgbàá, ẹgbẹ̀wàá

Yoruba

Etymology 1

From ẹgbẹ̀wá, ultimately from igba (two hundred) +‎ ẹ̀wá (ten).

Pronunciation

Numeral

ẹgbàá

  1. two thousand

Etymology 2

Likely from Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

ẹgbàá

  1. six pence (sixpence); in modern usage, five kobo
    Synonym: sísì