msano na wili

Yao
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Etymology

From a compound of msano (“five”), na (“and”) and wili (“two”).

Numeral

msano na wili

  1. seven

Usage notes

This number follows a noun and takes the noun class characteristic prefix, e.g. mabweta msano na gawili (seven boxes). See the Yao language article on Wikipedia for details on noun class prefixes.

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