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Yoruba
Etymology
Numeral sense derived from noun sense, as one ọ̀kẹ́ (bag), contained around twenty thousand cowries.
Pronunciation
Numeral
ọ̀kẹ́
- twenty thousand
Derived terms
Noun
ọ̀kẹ́
- a bag, or sac, usually containing cowries
- (by extension, anatomy) amniotic sac
Derived terms
- Ọ̀kẹ́ (“Yoruba name, given to a child born with its amniotic sac intact via a en-caul birth”)