ṣẹ

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "se"

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • (high-tone): IPA(key): /ʃɛ́/
  • (mid-tone): IPA(key): /ʃɛ̄/
  • (low-tone): IPA(key): /ʃɛ̀/

Etymology 1

Verb

ṣẹ́

  1. to break; to snap
    Synonyms: fọ́, dá
  2. to sprain
    Synonym: rọ́
    Ó fẹsẹ̀ ṣẹ́ ― He sprained his leg
  3. to fold
    Synonym: ká
  4. to gush out; to teem out
    Ikán ń ṣẹ́ láti ilẹ̀ sísán ― Termites are teeming from the cracked earth
  5. (with èpè (“swear; curse”)) to curse; to swear
    Ọmọlúwàbí kò gbọdọ̀ ṣẹ́ èpè ― A good person mustn't spew curses
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Etymology 2

Verb

ṣẹ́

  1. to thatch
    Synonym: bọ̀
    Wọ́n máa ń tún ààfin Ọ̀yọ́ ṣẹ́ lọ́dọọdún Bẹẹrẹ ― The palace of Oyo is rethatched every Beere festival

Etymology 3

Verb

ṣẹ́

  1. to be poverty-stricken; to be destitute
    Ìṣẹ́ ti ṣẹ́ ọ̀tá wa. ― Poverty has afflicted our enemies.
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Etymology 4

Verb

ṣẹ̀

  1. to offend
    O ti ṣẹ̀ wá, o dẹ̀ ti já wa kulẹ̀. ― You have done us wrong and let us down.
  2. to sin
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Etymology 5

Verb

ṣẹ

  1. to happen
  2. to manifest; to come to pass
    A ò tíì kófá nílẹ̀, gbogbo ẹ̀ ti ń ṣẹ. ― We haven't packed the Ifa divination paraphernalia from the ground, and everything's already manifesting.
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Etymology 6

Verb

ṣẹ̀

  1. to originate from; to emerge from
    Ibo ni wọ́n ti ṣẹ̀ wá? ― Where do they originate from?
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