What is 72 in Yorùbá?

72 in Yorùbá

éjìléláàdọ́rin

Built as 70 + 2

How 72 is built in Yorùbá

éjìléláàdọ́rin is èjì (2) added on to àádọ́rin (70): 70 + 2 = 72. The "lé" in the word means "on top of".
àádọ́rin (70) is itself ten taken from ọgọ́rin (80): 80 − 10.
ọgọ́rin (80) is 4 twenties: 4 × 20.

Modern base-10 form

àádọ́rin ó lé méjì

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

72 in the other Nigerian languages

72 in Igboiri asaa na abụọ 72 in Hausasaba'in da biyu

Nearby numbers in Yorùbá

69ọ̀kàndínláàdọ́rin 70àádọ́rin 71ọ̀kànléláàdọ́rin 73ẹ̀tàléláàdọ́rin 74ẹ̀rìnléláàdọ́rin 75àárùndínlọ́gọ́rin

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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.