What is 50 in Yorùbá?

50 in Yorùbá

àádọ́ta

Built as 60 − 10

Hear it in a sentence

Ṣé ó san owó ẹyọ àádọ́ta?

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How 50 is built in Yorùbá

àádọ́ta is ẹ̀wá (10) taken away from ọgọ́ta (60): 60 − 10 = 50. The "dín" in the word means "less".
ọgọ́ta (60) is 3 twenties: 3 × 20.

50 in the other Nigerian languages

50 in Igboiri ise 50 in Hausahamsin

Nearby numbers in Yorùbá

47ẹ̀tàdínláàdọ́ta 48éjìdínláàdọ́ta 49ọ̀kàndínláàdọ́ta 51ọ̀kànléláàdọ́ta 52éjìléláàdọ́ta 53ẹ̀tàléláàdọ́ta

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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.