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”)
iṣẹ́
| Yoruba Varieties and Languages - iṣẹ́ (“work”) | ||||
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ìdóàní | usẹ́ |
| Ìdànrè | Ìdànrè | uṣẹ́ | ||
| Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | uṣẹ́ | ||
| Ìkòròdú | uṣẹ́ | |||
| Ṣágámù | uṣẹ́ | |||
| Ẹ̀pẹ́ | uṣẹ́ | |||
| Ìkálẹ̀ | Òkìtìpupa | usẹ́ | ||
| Ìlàjẹ | Mahin | usẹ́ | ||
| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | uṣẹ́ | ||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ | Ọ̀wọ̀ | uṣẹ́ | ||
| Usẹn | Usẹn | uṣẹ́ | ||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | uṣẹ́ | ||
| Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | úṣẹ́ | ||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ụṣẹ́ |
| Àkúrẹ́ | ụṣẹ́ | |||
| Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ụṣẹ́ | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | iṣẹ́ | |
| Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | iṣẹ́ | ||
| Èkó | Èkó | iṣẹ́ | ||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | isẹ́ | ||
| Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | isẹ́ | ||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo | isẹ́ | ||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | isẹ́ | ||
| Oǹkó | Ìtẹ̀síwájú LGA | n̄chẹ́ | ||
| Ìwàjówà LGA | n̄chẹ́ | |||
| Kájọlà LGA | n̄ṣẹ́ | |||
| Ìsẹ́yìn LGA | n̄ṣẹ́ | |||
| Ṣakí West LGA | n̄ṣẹ́ | |||
| Atisbo LGA | n̄ṣẹ́ | |||
| Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA | n̄ṣẹ́ | |||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | isẹ́ | ||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | iṣẹ́ | ||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ishɛ́ | |||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | Yàgbà East LGA | iṣẹ́ | |
| Owé | Kabba | iṣẹ́ | ||
| Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | Igbó Ìdàácà | icɛ́ | |
| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | itsɛ́ | ||
| Atakpamé | itsɛ́ | |||
| Tchetti | itsɛ́ | |||
ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ṣẹ̀ (“to originate”)
ìṣẹ̀
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + ṣẹ́ (“to suffer poverty or deprivation”).
ìṣẹ́