odo

Probable cognate with Igala òfo (“zero”) and related to òfo (“empty, nothing, loss”)

Òdo ni wọ́n gbá nínú ìdánwó yẹn.

Ni ọjọ Aje ni orilẹede Canada ti kọkọ [na] orilẹede [Cayman] Islands pẹlu ami ayo mọkanla si odo.

2021 March 30, “FIFA 2022 World cup qualifiers: Japan wọ́ Mongolia nílẹ̀ gẹrẹrẹrẹ pẹ̀lú góòlù mẹ́rìnlá sí òdo [FIFA 2022 World cup qualifiers: Japan drags Mongolia across the ground with fourteen goals to zero]”, in BBC News Yorùbá:

On Monday, Canada first beat the Cayman Islands with a score of eleven to zero.

olódo

a dunce, a stupid person, one who receives poor grades


eje

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *è-bye, compare with Igala èbye, ultimately from a locally innovated Yoruboid root


eni

Proposed to be from Proto-Yoruboid *ínḭ́. Likely cognates with Igala ényẹ́ and Ifè ɛnɛ́.

Ení, èjì, ẹ̀ta, ẹ̀rin, àrún…

Ení bí ení; èjì bí èjì; ẹ̀ta ǹ tagbá; ẹ̀rin wọ̀rọ̀kọ́; àrún ń gódó; ẹ̀fà ti èlè; bí ó ròó, bí ó ròó, èróo bàtá; mo já kẹ́sàn-án; gbangba lẹ̀wá

2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting C. L. Adeoye, Àṣà àti Ìṣe Yoruba Ibadan, number LDC2008L03, 1979, page 56, Oxford University Press, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:

One is like one; two is like two; three is like shooting at a calabash; four is like the twisted; five is like pounding a mortar; six is that of ability; as if it will sound a sound as if it will sound a sound; I plucked the ninth; ten is right in the open (lyric for teaching enumeration)


ọkan

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ̀-wóka̰. Likely cognates include Igala ókà, Ifè kã̀, Itsekiri ọkan, and Olukumi ọ̀kan.

Fún mi ní ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ẹja yẹn.

Àtowóolówó àtowó-ẹni, kí ọ̀kan ṣáà má ti wọ́nni níbẹ̀.

2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:

Both somebody else's money and personal money, may we not lack whichever one (proverb on a final resort).


eji

Likely from Proto-Yoruboid *(è-)jì. Cognates include Igala èjì, Itsekiri meji, Olukumi èzì, and Ifè méèdzì.


ẹta

From Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-ta or Proto-Yoruboid *à-ta. Cognate with Igala ẹ̀ta, Itsekiri ẹ̀ta, Ayere ita. The -ta root is widespread in many branches of Atlantic-Congo, see Ukaan táárh, Gade ɪ̀tá, Proto-Plateau *tat, Tee taa (see Proto-Lower Cross River *ìtá. Possibly related to Fon atɔ̀n, Edo eha, Baatonum ita.


ẹrin

Lucumí: erín

From Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-lɪ̃, see there for other Niger-Congo cognates. Within Yoruboid, cognate with Ifè mɛ́ɛrɛ̃, Igala ẹ̀lẹ̀, Itsekiri mẹ́ẹrẹn, and Olukumi mẹ́rẹ̀n.
Proposed to be a distant doublet of erin, as they both are believed to be from the same root as Proto-Volta-Congo *-ni from earlier Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nani.


arun

àrún (canonical)
ẹ̀rụ́n (alternative)
ẹ̀rùn (alternative)

Likely from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-lʊ́, cognate with Igala ẹ̀lú, Olukumi ẹ̀rú, Westerman proposes a reconstruction to Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nu- (“five, hand”)


ẹfa

Cognate with Igala ẹ̀fà, Itsekiri ẹ̀fà, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-fà, likely cognate with Edo eha.


ẹwa

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-gwá. Cognates include Igala ẹ̀gwá and Itsekiri mẹ̀gwá


ookan

Derived from owó (“cowrie”) + ọ̀kan (“one”).

Oókan, eéjì, ẹẹ́ta, ẹẹ́rin, aárùn-ún, ẹẹ́fà...

Eélòó ni oókan àti oókan? — Oókan àti oókan jẹ́ eéjì.

How much is one plus one? — One plus one equals two.


aarun-un

aárùn-ún (canonical)
aárùnún (alternative)
aárùn (alternative)


ẹẹjọ

/ɛ̄ɛ́.ꜜd͡ʒɔ̄/


ẹẹsan-an

ẹẹ́sàn-án (canonical)
ẹẹ́sànán (alternative)
ẹẹ́sàn (alternative)


ọkanla

From ọ̀kan (“one”) + la (“to surpass”) + ẹ̀wá (“ten”).


ejila

From èjì (“two”) + lé ní (“more than”) + ẹ̀wá (“ten”).


ẹtala

From ẹ̀tà (“three”) + lé ní (“more than”) + ẹ̀wá (“ten”).


ẹrinla

From ẹ̀rìn (“four”) + lé ní (“more than”) + ẹ̀wá (“ten”).


arundinlogun

/à.ɾṹ.dĩ́.ló.ɡṹ/

Contraction of àrún dín ní ogún (“five removed from twenty”).


ẹrindinlogun

Lucumí: erilogún

/ɛ̀.ɾĩ̀.dĩ́.ló.ɡṹ/

Compound of ẹ̀rin + dín + ní + ogún, literally “four reduced from twenty”. Compare Edo enẹ́irrọ́vbugiè and Ifè mɛ́ɛdógú òŋú ɔ̀kã.

cog

mɛ́ɛdógú òŋú ɔ̀kã

Ifè mɛ́ɛdógú òŋú ɔ̀kã


ẹtadinlogun

head

ẹ̀tàdínlógún

ẹ̀tàdínlógún

yo-pos

ẹ̀tàdínlógún

ẹ̀tàdínlógún

/ɛ̀.tã̀.dĩ́.ló.ɡṹ/

Compound of ẹ̀tà + dín + ní + ogún, literally “three reduced from twenty”.


ejidinlogun

/è.d͡ʒì.dĩ́.ló.ɡṹ/

Contraction of èjì dín ní ogún (“two reduced from twenty”).


ọkandinlogun

/ɔ̀.kã̀.dĩ́.ló.ɡṹ/

Contraction of ọ̀kan dín ní ogún (“one reduced from twenty”).


ogun

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ōgwṵ́. Cognates include Ifè ogú, Igbo ọgụ, Igala ógwú, Itsekiri ogun, and Olukumi ọgbọ.

ogún náírà

Eélòó ni ìwé yìí? — Ogún dọ́là ni.

How much is this book? — It's twenty dollars.

Ogún ọmọ ni mo bí, ọmọọ koríko; ọgbọ̀n ọmọ ni mo bí, ọmọ èrùwà; kàkà kì a bí ẹgbàá ọ̀bùn, bí a bí ọ̀kan ṣoṣo ọ̀gá, ó tó.

2008 December 19, Yiwola Awoyale, quoting C. L. Adéoyè, Àṣà àti Ìṣe Yoruba, number LDC2008L03, 1979, Ibadan: Oxford University Press, page 46, quoted in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN:

(If I boast that) it was twenty children that I gave birth to, they are weeds children; (if I boast that) it was thirty children that I gave birth to, they are grass children; rather than give birth to two thousand children, if we give birth to one distinguished children, that is enough. (proverb on quality children)

Ojú ewé kelòó l'a kà kẹ́hìn? — Ojú ewé ogún l'a kà.

Which page did we read last? — We read the twentieth page last.


igba

From a distinct root unlike most related languages, possibly a late innovation, from i- + gba, but see Nupe gba (“two thousand”)


ọkanlelogun

head

ọ̀kànlélógún

ọ̀kànlélógún

yo-pos

ọ̀kànlélógún

ọ̀kànlélógún

Contraction of ọ̀kàn lé ní ogún (“one more than twenty”).


ejilelogun

Contraction of èjì lé ní ogún (“two more than twenty”).


ẹtalelogun

Contraction of ẹ̀tà lé ní ogún (“three more than twenty”).

ẹ̀tà lé ní ogún


ẹrinlelogun

head

ẹ̀rìnlélógún

ẹ̀rìnlélógún

yo-pos

ẹ̀rìnlélógún

ẹ̀rìnlélógún

/ɛ̀.ɾĩ̀.lé.ló.ɡṹ/

Contraction of ẹ̀rìn lé ní ogún (“four more than twenty”).


arundinlọgbọn

/à.ɾṹ.dĩ́.lɔ́.ɡ͡bɔ̃̀/

Contraction of àrún dín ní ọgbọ̀n (“five reduced from thirty”).


ẹrindinlọgbọn

head

ẹ̀rìndínlọ́gbọ̀n

ẹ̀rìndínlọ́gbọ̀n

yo-pos

ẹ̀rìndínlọ́gbọ̀n

ẹ̀rìndínlọ́gbọ̀n

/ɛ̀.ɾĩ̀.dĩ́.lɔ́.ɡ͡bɔ̃̀/

Contraction of ẹ̀rin dín ní ọgbọ̀n (“four reduced from thirty”).


ẹtadinlọgbọn

head

ẹ̀tàdínlọ́gbọ̀n

ẹ̀tàdínlọ́gbọ̀n

yo-pos

ẹ̀tàdínlọ́gbọ̀n

ẹ̀tàdínlọ́gbọ̀n

/ɛ̀.tà.dĩ́.lɔ́.ɡ͡bɔ̃̀/

Contraction of ẹ̀ta dín ní ọgbọ̀n (“three reduced from thirty”).


ejidinlọgbọn

head

èjìdínlọ́gbọ̀n

èjìdínlọ́gbọ̀n

yo-pos

èjìdínlọ́gbọ̀n

èjìdínlọ́gbọ̀n

/è.d͡ʒì.dĩ́.lɔ́.ɡ͡bɔ̃̀/

Contraction of èjì dín ní ọgbọ̀n (“two reduced from thirty”).

contraction

èjì dín ní ọgbọ̀n


ọkandinlọgbọn

head

ọ̀kàndínlọ́gbọ̀n

ọ̀kàndínlọ́gbọ̀n

yo-pos

ọ̀kàndínlọ́gbọ̀n

ọ̀kàndínlọ́gbọ̀n

/ɔ̀.kã̀.dĩ́.lɔ́.ɡ͡bɔ̃̀/

Contraction of ọ̀kan dín ní ọgbọ̀n (“one removed from thirty”).


aadọta

/àá.dɔ́.ꜜtā/

From ẹ̀wá (“ten”) + dín (“to subtract”) + ní (“in”) + ọta (“sixty”), "Ten subtracted from sixty.".


irinwo

irinwó (canonical)
irún (alternative)
urún (alternative)

(after a noun) four hundredth, number four

four hundred
four hundredth, number four


ọgbọn

Hypothesized to be from Proto-Edekiri *ɔ-gbã̀, Cognates include Edo ọgban, Itsekiri ọgban


ọọdunrun

ọ̀ọ́dúnrún (canonical)
ọ̀ọ́dún (alternative)
ọ̀dúnrún (alternative)
ọ̀dúnrún-ún (alternative)

/ɔ̀ɔ́.dṹ.ɾṹ/

From ọ̀rún (“one hundred”) + dín (“to subtract”) + ní (“in”) + irín (“four hundred”), "One hundred subtracted from four hundred.".

(after a noun) three hundredth, number 300

three hundred
three hundredth, number 300


ọkẹ

Numeral sense derived from noun sense, as one ọ̀kẹ́ (bag), contained around twenty thousand cowries.


ọkanlelọgbọn

head

ọ̀kànlélọ́gbọ̀n

ọ̀kànlélọ́gbọ̀n

yo-pos

ọ̀kànlélọ́gbọ̀n

ọ̀kànlélọ́gbọ̀n

/ɔ̀.kã̀.lé.lɔ́.ɡ͡bɔ̃̀/

Contraction of ọ̀kan lé ní ọgbọ̀n (“one added to thirty”).


ejilelọgbọn

head

èjìlélọ́gbọ̀n

èjìlélọ́gbọ̀n

yo-pos

èjìlélọ́gbọ̀n

èjìlélọ́gbọ̀n

/è.d͡ʒì.lé.lɔ́.ɡ͡bɔ̃̀/

Contraction of èjì lé ní ọgbọ̀n (“two added to thirty”).

contraction

èjì lé ní ọgbọ̀n


ẹtalelọgbọn

head

ẹ̀tàlélọ́gbọ̀n

ẹ̀tàlélọ́gbọ̀n

yo-pos

ẹ̀tàlélọ́gbọ̀n

ẹ̀tàlélọ́gbọ̀n

/ɛ̀.tà.lé.lɔ́.ɡ͡bɔ̃̀/

Contraction of ẹ̀tà lé ní ọgbọ̀n (“three added to thirty”).

contraction

ẹ̀tà lé ní ọgbọ̀n


ẹrinlelọgbọn

head

ẹ̀rìnlélọ́gbọ̀n

ẹ̀rìnlélọ́gbọ̀n

yo-pos

ẹ̀rìnlélọ́gbọ̀n

ẹ̀rìnlélọ́gbọ̀n

/ɛ̀.ɾĩ̀.lé.lɔ́.ɡ͡bɔ̃̀/

Contraction of ẹ̀rìn lé ní ọgbọ̀n (“four added to thirty”).

contraction

ẹ̀rìn lé ní ọgbọ̀n


arundinlogoji

/à.ɾṹ.dĩ́.ló.ɡó.d͡ʒì/

Contraction of àrún dín ní ogójì (“five reduced from forty”).


ẹrindinlogoji

head

ẹ̀rìndínlógójì

ẹ̀rìndínlógójì

yo-pos

ẹ̀rìndínlógójì

ẹ̀rìndínlógójì

/ɛ̀.ɾĩ̀.dĩ́.ló.ɡó.d͡ʒì/

Contraction of ẹ̀rin dín ní ogójì (“four reduced from forty”).


ẹtadinlogoji

head

ẹ̀tàdínlógójì

ẹ̀tàdínlógójì

yo-pos

ẹ̀tàdínlógójì

ẹ̀tàdínlógójì

/ɛ̀.tà.dĩ́.ló.ɡó.d͡ʒì/

Contraction of ẹ̀tà dín ní ogójì (“three reduced from forty”).

contraction

ẹ̀tà dín ní ogójì


ejidinlogoji

head

èjìdínlógójì

èjìdínlógójì

yo-pos

èjìdínlógójì

èjìdínlógójì

/è.d͡ʒì.dĩ́.ló.ɡó.d͡ʒì/

Contraction of èjì dín ní ogójì (“two reduced from forty”).


ọkandinlogoji

head

ọ̀kàndínlógójì

ọ̀kàndínlógójì

yo-pos

ọ̀kàndínlógójì

ọ̀kàndínlógójì

/ɔ̀.kã̀.dĩ́.ló.ɡó.d͡ʒì/

Contraction of ọ̀kan dín ní ogójì (“one reduced from forty”).


ọgọrun-un

/ɔ̄.ɡɔ́.ꜜɾṹ/

ogún (“twenty”) + márùn-ún (“five”) or ogún ọ̀rún


ẹgbẹrun

/ɛ̄.ɡ͡bɛ̀.ɾṹ/

From igba (“two hundred”) + ẹ̀rún (“five”)


ẹgbaa

From ẹgbẹ̀wá, ultimately from igba (“two hundred”) + ẹ̀wá (“ten”).


ọkandinlaaadọta

head

ọ̀kàndínláàádọ́ta

ọ̀kàndínláàádọ́ta

yo-pos

ọ̀kàndínláàádọ́ta

ọ̀kàndínláàádọ́ta

/ɔ̀.kã̀.dĩ́.láàá.dɔ́.tā/

Contraction of ọ̀kan dín ní àádọ́ta (“one subtracted from fifty”).


ejidinlaaadọta

head

èjìdínláàádọ́ta

èjìdínláàádọ́ta

yo-pos

èjìdínláàádọ́ta

èjìdínláàádọ́ta

/è.d͡ʒì.dĩ́.láꜜá.dɔ́.tā/

Contraction of èjì dín ní àádọ́ta (“two subtracted from fifty”).

contraction

èjì dín ní àádọ́ta


ẹtadinlaaadọta

head

ẹ̀tàdínláàádọ́ta

ẹ̀tàdínláàádọ́ta

yo-pos

ẹ̀tàdínláàádọ́ta

ẹ̀tàdínláàádọ́ta

Contraction of ẹ̀tà dín ní àádọ́ta (“three subtracted from fifty”).

contraction

ẹ̀tà dín ní àádọ́ta


ẹrindinlaaadọta

head

ẹ̀rìndínláàádọ́ta

ẹ̀rìndínláàádọ́ta

yo-pos

ẹ̀rìndínláàádọ́ta

ẹ̀rìndínláàádọ́ta

/ɛ̀.ɾĩ̀.dĩ́.láàá.dɔ́.tā/

Contraction of ẹ̀rin dín ní àádọ́ta (“four reduced from fifty”).


arundinlaaadọta

head

àrúndínláàádọ́ta

àrúndínláàádọ́ta

yo-pos

àrúndínláàádọ́ta

àrúndínláàádọ́ta

/à.ɾṹ.dĩ́.láàá.dɔ́.tā/

From àrún + dín + ní + àádọ́ta, literally “five subtracted from fifty”.


ẹrinlelogoji

head

ẹ̀rìnlélógójì

ẹ̀rìnlélógójì

yo-pos

ẹ̀rìnlélógójì

ẹ̀rìnlélógójì

/ɛ̀.ɾĩ̀.lé.ló.ɡó.d͡ʒì/

Contraction of ẹ̀rìn lé ní ogójì (“four added to forty”).

contraction

ẹ̀rìn lé ní ogójì


ẹtalelogoji

head

ẹ̀tàlélógójì

ẹ̀tàlélógójì

yo-pos

ẹ̀tàlélógójì

ẹ̀tàlélógójì

Contraction of ẹ̀tà lé ní ogójì (“three added to forty”).

contraction

ẹ̀tà lé ní ogójì


ejilelogoji

/è.d͡ʒì.lé.ló.ɡó.d͡ʒì/

Contraction of èjì lé ní ogójì (“two added to forty”).

èjì lé ní ogójì


ọkanlelogoji

head

ọ̀kànlélógójì

ọ̀kànlélógójì

yo-pos

ọ̀kànlélógójì

ọ̀kànlélógójì

/ɔ̀.kã̀.lé.ló.ɡó.d͡ʒì/

Contraction of ọ̀kan lé ní ogójì (“one added to forty”).


ọkanlelaaadọta

head

ọ̀kànléláàádọ́ta

ọ̀kànléláàádọ́ta

yo-pos

ọ̀kànléláàádọ́ta

ọ̀kànléláàádọ́ta

Contraction of ọ̀kan lé ní àádọ́ta (“one added to forty”).

contraction

ọ̀kan lé ní àádọ́ta


ejilelaaadọta

head

èjìléláàádọ́ta

èjìléláàádọ́ta

yo-pos

èjìléláàádọ́ta

èjìléláàádọ́ta

Contraction of èjì lé ní àádọ́ta (“two added to fifty”).

contraction

èjì lé ní àádọ́ta


ẹtalelaaadọta

head

ẹ̀tàléláàádọ́ta

ẹ̀tàléláàádọ́ta

yo-pos

ẹ̀tàléláàádọ́ta

ẹ̀tàléláàádọ́ta

Contraction of ẹ̀tà lé ní ogójì (“three added to fifty”).

contraction

ẹ̀tà lé ní ogójì


ẹrinlelaaadọta

head

ẹ̀rìnléláàádọ́ta

ẹ̀rìnléláàádọ́ta

yo-pos

ẹ̀rìnléláàádọ́ta

ẹ̀rìnléláàádọ́ta

/ɛ̀.ɾĩ̀.lé.láàá.dɔ́.tā/

Contraction of ẹ̀rìn lé ní àádọ́ta (“four added to fifty”).

contraction

ẹ̀rìn lé ní àádọ́ta


arundinlọgọta

/à.ɾṹ.dĩ́.lɔ́.ɡɔ́.tā/

Contraction of àrún dín ní ọgọ́ta (“five subtracted from sixty”).


ẹrindinlọgọta

head

ẹ̀rìndínlọ́gọ́ta

ẹ̀rìndínlọ́gọ́ta

yo-pos

ẹ̀rìndínlọ́gọ́ta

ẹ̀rìndínlọ́gọ́ta

/ɛ̀.ɾĩ̀.dĩ́.lɔ́.ɡɔ́.tā/

Contraction of ẹ̀rin dín ní ọgọ́ta (“four reduced from sixty”).


ẹtadinlọgọta

head

ẹ̀tàdínlọ́gọ́ta

ẹ̀tàdínlọ́gọ́ta

yo-pos

ẹ̀tàdínlọ́gọ́ta

ẹ̀tàdínlọ́gọ́ta

/ɛ̀.tà.dĩ́.lɔ́.ɡɔ́.tā/

Contraction of ẹ̀tà dín ní ọgọ́ta (“three subtracted from sixty”).

contraction

ẹ̀tà dín ní ọgọ́ta


ejidinlọgọta

head

èjìdínlọ́gọ́ta

èjìdínlọ́gọ́ta

yo-pos

èjìdínlọ́gọ́ta

èjìdínlọ́gọ́ta

/è.d͡ʒì.dĩ́.lɔ́.ɡɔ́.tā/

Contraction of èjì dín ní ọgọ́ta (“two subtracted from sixty”).

contraction

èjì dín ní ọgọ́ta


ọkandinlọgọta

head

ọ̀kàndínlọ́gọ́ta

ọ̀kàndínlọ́gọ́ta

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ọ̀kàndínlọ́gọ́ta

ọ̀kàndínlọ́gọ́ta

/ɔ̀.kã̀.dĩ́.lɔ́.ɡɔ́.tā/

Contraction of ọ̀kan dín ní ọgọ́ta (“one subtracted from sixty”).


ọgọta

/ɔ̄.ɡɔ́.ꜜtā/


ẹgwa

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-gwá. Cognates include Igala ɛ̀gwá and Itsekiri mɛ̀gwá


oodo

Derived from owó (“cowrie”) + òdo (“zero”).


ẹẹdogun

Lucumí: edogún

/ɛ̀ɛ́.dó.ɡṹ/

Contraction of àrúndínlógún (“fifteen”, literally “five subtracted from twenty”). Compare Ifè mɛ́ɛɖógú and Olukumi ẹ̀dógún.

cog

Ifè mɛ́ɛɖógú


aadọrin

Lucumí: adorín

/àá.dɔ́.ꜜɾĩ̄/

From ẹ̀wá (“ten”) + dín (“to subtract”) + ní (“in”) + ọrin (“eighty”), literally “ten subtracted from eighty”.

compound

seventy
(after a noun) seventieth, number 70