ọkẹ

ọkẹ

Yoruba

Yoruba numbers ^(edit)

	20,000
	2000
Cardinal: ọ̀kẹ́     Counting: ọ̀kẹ́ kan

Etymology

Numeral sense derived from noun sense, as one ọ̀kẹ́ (bag), contained around twenty thousand cowries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.kɛ́/

Numeral

ọ̀kẹ́

1. twenty thousand

Derived terms

• àádọ́ta ọ̀kẹ́ (“one million”)

 

Noun

ọ̀kẹ́

1. a bag, or sac, usually containing cowries
2. amniotic sac

Derived terms

• Ọ̀kẹ́ (“Yoruba name, given to a child born with its amniotic sac intact via a en-caul birth”)