biliọnu

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Yoruba[edit]

Yoruba numbers (edit)
 ←  1,000 [a], [b], [c] ←  1,000,000 (106) 1,000,000,000 (109) 1012  → 
    Cardinal: bílíọ̀nù
    Counting: bílíọ̀n kan
    Adjectival: bílíọ̀n kan
    Ordinal: bílíọ̀n kan

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English billion.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bílíọ̀nù

  1. billion
    Ní ọjọ́ karùn-ún-dílógún oṣù Bélú, ọdún 2022 ni Àjọ Ìṣọ̀kan Àgbáyé sọ pé àwọn olùgbé àgbáyé ti tó bílíọ̀nù mẹ́jọ.
    It was on November 15, 2022 that the United Nations stated that the world's population has reached 8 billion.
    • 2022 November 27, Faoziyah Saanu-Olomoda, “Oyetola: Bílíọ̀nù mẹ́rìnlá náírà ni mo fi kalẹ̀ fún ìjọba tuntun [Oyetola: 14 billion naira is what I put away for the next government.]”, in BBC News Yorùbá:
      Oyetola tún ní yàtọ̀ sí bílíọ̀nù mẹ́rìnlá náírà tí àwọn fi kalẹ̀ sápò ìjọba, bílíọ̀nù mẹ́jọ náírà mìíràn yóò tún wọ àpò ìjọba láàárín oṣù kejìlá sí oṣù kìíní ọdún tó ń bọ̀.
      Oyetola also said that apart from the 14 billion naira that they put down into the [next] government's accounts, another 8 billion will enter the government's accounts between next December and next January.