mẹta mẹta

Yoruba
Yoruba distributive numbers
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    Cardinal : ẹ̀ta
    Ordinal : kẹta
    Adverbial : ẹ̀ẹ̀mẹta
    Distributive : mẹ́ta mẹ́ta
    Collective : mẹ́tẹ̀ẹ̀ta
    Fractional : ìdata
    Counting : ẹẹ́ta
    Adjectival : mẹ́ta

Etymology

Derived from a reduplication of mẹ́ta.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛ́tamɛ́ta/

Adverb

mẹ́ta mẹ́ta

  1. three by three

Adjective

mẹ́ta mẹ́ta

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