sẹntimita

Yoruba

Etymology

Borrowed from English centimetre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛ̀.ŋ̀.tí.mí.tà/

Noun

sẹ̀ǹtímítà

centimetre, centimeter

Derived terms

súkúà sẹ̀ǹtímítà (“square kilometre”)

Related terms

kìlómítà (“kilometre”)
mìlímítà (“millimetre”)
mítà (“meter”)

References

National Language Centre (1987) A Vocabulary of Primary Science and Mathematics in Nine Nigerian Languages, volumes 1 - Fulfilde, Izon and Yoruba, Enugu, Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Education National Language Centre; Fourth Dimension Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 117

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