Meaning of ẹẹ- | Babel Free

Definitions

adverbial prefix that denotes the number of times of an action or event

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Examples

“ẹẹ- + méjì (“two”) → ẹ̀ẹ̀mejì (“twice (two times)”)”

“ẹẹ- + mẹ́ta (“three”) → ẹ̀ẹ̀mẹta (“thrice (three times)”)”

“ẹẹ- + ìmíì (“other”) → ẹ̀ẹ̀míì (“another time”)”

“ẹẹ- + kẹta (“third”) → ẹ̀ẹ̀kẹta (“third time”)”

“ẹẹ- + kọ̀ọ̀kan (“each one”) → ẹ̀ẹ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan (“occasionally”)”

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