What is 8 in Yorùbá?

8 in Yorùbá

mẹ́jọ

Hear it in a sentence

Wọ́n kó ọmọ ní ọjọ́ mẹ́jọ

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 8 is built in Yorùbá

8 is a base word. Counted aloud it is ẹ̀jọ; before a noun, and as taught to learners, it is mẹ́jọ.

8 in the other Nigerian languages

8 in Igboasatọ 8 in Hausatakwas

Nearby numbers in Yorùbá

5márùn-ún 6mẹ́fà 7méje 9mẹ́sàn-án 10mẹ́wàá 11ọ̀kànlá

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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.