ẹ̀ẹ́dógún
num
/ɛ̀ɛ́.dó.ɡṹ/
Definitions
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fifteen
Used inmẹ́ẹ̀ẹ́dógúnkẹẹ̀ẹ́dógúnRelated wordsẹ̀ẹ́dọ́gbọ̀n
Etymology
Contraction of àrúndínlógún (“fifteen”), literally “five subtracted from twenty”. Compare Ifè mɛ́ɛɖógú and Olukumi ẹ̀dógún.
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
edogúnLucumí
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ẹẹdogun”.
Reference:
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