blaene

Ewe

Ewe numbers ^(edit)

		400
←  30	←  39	40	41  →	50  →
		4
Cardinal: blaene     Ordinal: blaenelia

Etymology

From bla- (tens multiplier) +‎ ene (“four”), literally “four bundles [of ten]”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blá.è.né/, [bl̃á.è.n̺é], [blá.è.n̺é], [bl̃á.è.n̪é], [blá.è.n̪é]

Numeral

bláèné

1. forty

References

• Dzablu-Kumah, Simon Wellington (2015), Ulrike Claudi, Johannes Ayao Ossey, editors, Basic Ewe for Foreign Students‎, 2nd edition, Cologne: Universität zu Köln Institut für Afrikanistik, page 19
• Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “blaene”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 36