sẹntimita

Yoruba

Etymology

Borrowed from English centimetre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̀.ŋ̀.tí.mí.tà/

Noun

sẹ̀ǹtímítà

1. centimetre, centimeter

Derived terms

• súkúà sẹ̀ǹtímítà (“square centimetre”)

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