ẹsan

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See also: esan and Esan

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Yoruba numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: ẹ̀sán
    Counting: ẹẹ́sàn-án
    Adjectival: mẹ́sàn-án
    Ordinal: kẹsàn-án
    Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀mẹsàn-án
    Distributive: mẹ́sàn-án mẹ́sàn-án
    Collective: mẹ́sẹ̀ẹ̀sàn-án
    Fractional: ìdámẹ́sàn-án

Compare with Igala ẹ̀lá

Pronunciation

Numeral

ẹ̀sán

  1. nine

Etymology 2

ẹ̀- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ san (to repay, to pay)

Pronunciation

Noun

ẹ̀san

  1. revenge, payback, repayment