aarun-un
Yoruba
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| Cardinal : àrún Ordinal : kárùn-ún Adverbial : ẹ̀ẹ̀marùn-ún Distributive : márùn-ún márùn-ún Collective : márààrún Fractional : ìdámárùn-ún Counting : aárùn-ún Adjectival : márùn-ún | ||
Etymology
Derived from owó + àrún.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aáɾũ̀ṹ/
Numeral
aárùn-ún
- five (used when counting)
Usage notes
- According to the Standard Yoruba Orthography approved by the the Joint Consultative Committee on Education in June 1974, to show the reduplication 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.
Alternative forms
- aárùnún, aárùn
Derived terms
- márùn-ún
References
- Bamgboṣe, Ayọ, Orthographies of Nigerian Languages, pages 43-56