jenai

Gullah

Gullah numbers (edit)
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    African Cardinal: jenai
    American Cardinal: nine
    Ordinal: jenai
    Adverbial: fuh jenai
    Multiplier: jenai-time
    Collective: alljenai

Etymology

From Fula jenai.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛ.nɑi/

Adjective

jenai

  1. ninth

Number

jenai

  1. nine

Usage notes

  • Gullah communicates both the number and its ordinal adjective in the same word.

References

  • Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)
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