What is 55 in Yorùbá?

55 in Yorùbá

àárùndínlọ́gọ́ta

Built as 60 − 5

How 55 is built in Yorùbá

àárùndínlọ́gọ́ta is àrún (5) taken away from ọgọ́ta (60): 60 − 5 = 55. The "dín" in the word means "less".
ọgọ́ta (60) is 3 twenties: 3 × 20.
Yorùbá counts down from the next ten for any number ending in 5 to 9, so 55 is reached from 60, not from 50.

Modern base-10 form

àádọ́ta ó lé márùn-ún

In school maths, prices and phone numbers, the modern system only adds: "ó lé" means "and more", so the parts are simply summed.

55 in the other Nigerian languages

55 in Igboiri ise na ise 55 in Hausahamsin da biyar

Nearby numbers in Yorùbá

52éjìléláàdọ́ta 53ẹ̀tàléláàdọ́ta 54ẹ̀rìnléláàdọ́ta 56ẹ̀rìndínlọ́gọ́ta 57ẹ̀tàdínlọ́gọ́ta 58éjìdínlọ́gọ́ta

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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.