Never presume to know what someone else intends to say. In Yorùbá numeration “ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́ . . .” indicates a certain amount (or figure) “less than ...”; “ẹ̀ẹ́dógún,” for instance, is fifteen (five less than twenty), while “ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀rin” is seven hundred (one hundred less than eight hundred.).
Never presume to know what someone else intends to say. In Yoruba numeration “eede . . .” indicates a certain amount (or figure) “less than ...”; “eedogun,” for instance, is fifteen (five less than twenty), while “eedegberin” is seven hundred (one hundred less than eight hundred.).