iṣu
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Iṣu
Yoruba
Etymology
Cognate with Igala úchu, Ede Idaca icu, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *u-cu, Proto-Edekiri *u-cu, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-cu
Possible cognates include Igbo ji, Nupe eci, Arigidi iʃɛ̃, Igasi Arigidi ìti, Uro/Aje Arigidi ìsi, Proto-Plateau *ì-tsit, Igede iju, Idoma ihi, Proto-Gbe *-te
Pronunciation
Noun
iṣu
- any of the various species of wild and cultivated yam in the family Dioscorea
- (extension) tuber; (especially) yam tuber
- (extension) bulb; (especially) onion or garlic bulb
- ọmọ kùrùbútú búṣu ùdí ìlàǹbásà
- The man who is round like the bulb of an onion
Synonyms
| Yoruba Varieties and Languages - iṣu (“yam”) | |||||
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ìdóàní | èrún | |
| Ìdànrè | Ìdànrè | uṣu | |||
| Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | uṣu | ||
| Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | uṣu | |||
| Ìkòròdú | iṣu | ||||
| Ṣágámù | uṣu | ||||
| Ìkálẹ̀ | Òkìtìpupa | usu | |||
| Ìlàjẹ | Mahin | usu | |||
| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | uṣu | |||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ | Ọ̀wọ̀ | uchu | |||
| Usẹn | Usẹn | usu | |||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | awará | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | uṣu |
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | uṣu | |||
| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | uṣu | |||
| Ìjẹ̀ṣà | Iléṣà | uṣu | |||
| Òkè Igbó | Òkè Igbó | isu | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | iṣu | ||
| Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | iṣu | |||
| Èkó | Èkó | iṣu | |||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | isu | |||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo | isu | |||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | isu | |||
| Oǹkó | Ìtẹ̀síwájú LGA | ichu | |||
| Ìwàjówà LGA | ichu | ||||
| Kájọlà LGA | isu | ||||
| Ìsẹ́yìn LGA | isu | ||||
| Ṣakí West LGA | isu | ||||
| Atisbo LGA | isu | ||||
| Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA | isu | ||||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | isu | |||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | iṣu | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ishu | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | usu, isu | ||
| Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà | icu | |
| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | itsu | |||
| Atakpamé | itsu | ||||
| Tchetti | itsu | ||||
| 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. | |||||
Hypernyms
- àpàdá
- àgị̀da
- dàgídàgí
- efùrù
- èmìnà (“Dioscorea bulbifera”)
- èsúrú (“Dioscurea dumetorum, Dioscurea odoratissima”)
- èsùsú (“Diospyros barteri; Dioscorea mangenotiana”)
- ewo (“Dioscorea smilacifolia”)
- ewùrà, ẹụ̀rà (water yam)
- ewùrà ẹṣin (“Dioscorea bulbifera”)
- iṣu àwọ́n (“Dioscorea praehensilis”)
- iṣu-ọdẹ (“Dioscorea praehensilis”)
- làlá
- okùn owó (“Dioscorea hirtiflora”)
- ọlọ̀ú
- tìẹ́tìẹ́ (“Dioscorea dumetorum”)
- uṣu uyẹ
- uṣu aro
Related terms
Descendants
- → Arigidi: adʒu