aarun-un

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Yoruba

Yoruba numbers (edit)
50
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    Cardinal: àrún
    Counting: aárùn-ún
    Adjectival: márùn-ún
    Ordinal: karùn-ún
    Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀marùn-ún
    Distributive: márùn-ún márùn-ún
    Collective: márààrùn-ún
    Fractional: ìdámárùn-ún

Etymology

Derived from owó + àrún.

Pronunciation

Numeral

aárùn-ún

  1. five (used when counting)

Usage notes

  • According to the Standard Yoruba Orthography approved by the Joint Consultative Committee on Education in June 1974, to show the lengthening of a nasal vowel and not a syllabic nasal, a hyphen should be inserted: aárùn-ún and not aárùnún. Nonetheless, the latter, in addition to aárùn, is still used.

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References

  • Bamgboṣe, Ayọ, Orthographies of Nigerian Languages, pages 43-56