What is 5 in Yorùbá?

5 in Yorùbá

márùn-ún

Hear it in a sentence

Ilé ìtura ìràwọ̀ márùn-ún ní yàrá ìrọ̀rùn

A native speaker reading a whole sentence that contains this number word. The clip was matched to the word automatically.

Recording by a native speaker from NaijaVoices, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

How 5 is built in Yorùbá

5 is a base word. Counted aloud it is àrún; before a noun, and as taught to learners, it is márùn-ún.

5 in the other Nigerian languages

5 in Igboise 5 in Hausabiyar

Nearby numbers in Yorùbá

2méjì 3mẹ́ta 4mẹ́rin 6mẹ́fà 7méje 8mẹ́jọ

Try another number in the calculator Practise with the Numbers game

These forms are generated from the counting rules of each language and are still awaiting native-speaker review. Numeral words vary by region and by source.