What is 90 in Yorùbá?
90 in Yorùbá
àádọ́rùn-ún
Built as 100 − 10
How 90 is built in Yorùbá
- àádọ́rùn-ún is ẹ̀wá (10) taken away from ọgọ́rùn-ún (100): 100 − 10 = 90. The "dín" in the word means "less".
- ọgọ́rùn-ún (100) is 5 twenties: 5 × 20.
90 in the other Nigerian languages
Nearby numbers in Yorùbá
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.