What is 87 in Yorùbá?

87 in Yorùbá

ẹ̀tàdínláàdọ́rùn-ún

Built as 90 − 3

How 87 is built in Yorùbá

ẹ̀tàdínláàdọ́rùn-ún is ẹ̀ta (3) taken away from àádọ́rùn-ún (90): 90 − 3 = 87. The "dín" in the word means "less".
àádọ́rùn-ún (90) is itself ten taken from ọgọ́rùn-ún (100): 100 − 10.
ọgọ́rùn-ún (100) is 5 twenties: 5 × 20.
Yorùbá counts down from the next ten for any number ending in 5 to 9, so 87 is reached from 90, not from 80.

Modern base-10 form

ọgọ́rin ó lé méje

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

87 in the other Nigerian languages

87 in Igboiri asatọ na asaa 87 in Hausatamanin da bakwai

Nearby numbers in Yorùbá

84ẹ̀rìnlélọ́gọ́rin 85àárùndínláàdọ́rùn-ún 86ẹ̀rìndínláàdọ́rùn-ún 88éjìdínláàdọ́rùn-ún 89ọ̀kàndínláàdọ́rùn-ún 90àádọ́rùn-ún

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