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