ẹẹsan-an

== Yoruba == === Etymology === Derived from owó + ẹ̀sán. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̄ɛ́.ꜜsã́/ === Numeral === ẹẹ́sàn-án nine (used when counting) ==== Usage notes ==== According to the Standard Yoruba Orthography approved by the Joint Consultative Committee on Education in June 1974, to show the lengthening of a nasal vowel and not a syllabic nasal, a hyphen should be inserted: ẹẹ́sàn-án and not ẹẹ́sànán. Nonetheless, the latter, in addition to ẹẹ́sàn, is still used. ==== Alternative forms ==== ẹẹ́sànán, ẹẹ́sàn ==== Derived terms ==== mẹ́sàn-án === References === Bamgboṣe, Ayọ, Orthographies of Nigerian Languages, pages 43-56