iṣẹ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ise"
Yoruba
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Possibly from Proto-Yoruboid *ʊ-cɛ́, cognate with Igala úchẹ́ (“farm, farm work”), equivalent to i- (“non-gerundive nominalizing prefix”) + ṣẹ́ (“to do farmwork;to work”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ī.ʃɛ́/
Noun
iṣẹ́
Synonyms
| Yoruba varieties and languages: iṣẹ́ (“work”) | |||||
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| Language family | Variety group | Variety/language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ìdóàní | usẹ́ | |
| Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | uṣẹ́ | |||
| Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | uṣẹ́ | ||
| Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | uṣẹ́ | |||
| Ìkòròdú | uṣẹ́ | ||||
| Ṣágámù | uṣẹ́ | ||||
| Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | usẹ́ | |||
| Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | usẹ́ | |||
| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | uṣẹ́ | |||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | uṣẹ́ | |||
| Usẹn | Usẹn | uṣẹ́ | |||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | uṣẹ́ | |||
| Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | úṣẹ́ | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ụṣẹ́ |
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ụṣẹ́ | |||
| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ụṣẹ́ | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | iṣẹ́ | ||
| Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | iṣẹ́ | |||
| Ẹ̀gbádò | Ayétòrò | iṣẹ́ | |||
| Igbógila | iṣẹ́ | ||||
| Ìjàká | iṣẹ́ | ||||
| Ìlaròó | iṣẹ́ | ||||
| Ìṣàwọ́njọ | iṣẹ́ | ||||
| Èkó | Èkó | iṣẹ́ | |||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | isẹ́ | |||
| Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | isẹ́ | |||
| Èrúwà | isẹ́ | ||||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | isẹ́ | |||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | isẹ́ | |||
| Oǹkó | Òtù | n̄chẹ́ | |||
| Ìwéré Ilé | n̄chẹ́ | ||||
| Òkèhò | n̄ṣẹ́ | ||||
| Ìsẹ́yìn | n̄ṣẹ́ | ||||
| Ṣakí | n̄ṣẹ́ | ||||
| Tedé | n̄ṣẹ́ | ||||
| Ìgbẹ́tì | n̄ṣẹ́ | ||||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | isẹ́ | |||
| Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́) | isẹ́ | ||||
| Ìkirè | isẹ́ | ||||
| Ìwó | isẹ́ | ||||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | iṣẹ́ | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ishɛ́ | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó | iṣẹ́ | ||
| Owé | Kabba | iṣẹ́ | |||
| Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | ucɛ́ | ||
| Tchaourou | ucɛ́ | ||||
| Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | n̄cɛ́, incɛ́ | |||
| Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | icɛ́ | ||
| Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | ishɛ́ | ||
| Ọ̀húnbẹ́ | iṣẹ́ | ||||
| Onigbolo | ishɛ́ | ||||
| Kétu/Ànàgó | Ìlárá | iṣẹ́ | |||
| Ìdọ̀fà | iṣẹ́ | ||||
| Ìmẹ̀kọ | iṣẹ́ | ||||
| Ìwòyè Kétu | iṣẹ́ | ||||
| Kétu | ishɛ́ | ||||
| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | itsɛ́ | |||
| Atakpamɛ | itsɛ́ | ||||
| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | itsɛ́ | ||||
| Southern Nago | Ìsakété | ishɛ́ | |||
| Ìfànyìn | ishɛ́ | ||||
| Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. | |||||
Etymology 2
ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ṣẹ̀ (“to originate”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ì.ʃɛ̀/
Noun
ìṣẹ̀
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ṣẹ́ (“to suffer poverty or deprivation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ì.ʃɛ́/
Noun
ìṣẹ́