iṣẹ́
noun
/ī.ʃɛ́/
uṣẹ́ (alternative)
Definitions
- work
Etymology
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”)
Component words
i-non-gerundive nominalizing prefix
ṣẹ́to do farmwork;to work
3 entries are spelled “ṣẹ́”. The etymology calls it “to do farmwork;to work”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ṣẹ́
to break; to snap
ṣẹ́
to thatch
ṣẹ́
to be poverty-stricken; to be destitute
Dialectal synonyms “work” 61 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìdóàní
- usẹ́
- Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)
- uṣẹ́
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- uṣẹ́
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- uṣẹ́
- Ìkòròdú
- uṣẹ́
- Ṣágámù
- uṣẹ́
- Òkìtìpupa
- usẹ́
- Mahin
- usẹ́
- Oǹdó
- uṣẹ́
- Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)
- uṣẹ́
- Usẹn
- uṣẹ́
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- uṣẹ́
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- úṣẹ́
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- ụṣẹ́
- Àkúrẹ́
- ụṣẹ́
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- ụṣẹ́
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- iṣẹ́
- Abẹ́òkúta
- iṣẹ́
- Ayétòrò
- iṣẹ́
- Igbógila
- iṣẹ́
- Ìjàká
- iṣẹ́
- Ìlaròó
- iṣẹ́
- Ìṣàwọ́njọ
- iṣẹ́
- Èkó
- iṣẹ́
- Ìbàdàn
- isẹ́
- Igbó Òrà
- isẹ́
- Èrúwà
- isẹ́
- Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)
- isẹ́
- Ìlọrin
- isẹ́
- Òtù
- n̄chẹ́
- Ìwéré Ilé
- n̄chẹ́
- Òkèhò
- n̄ṣẹ́
- Ìsẹ́yìn
- n̄ṣẹ́
- Ṣakí
- n̄ṣẹ́
- Tedé
- n̄ṣẹ́
- Ìgbẹ́tì
- n̄ṣẹ́
- Ọ̀yọ́
- isẹ́
- Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́)
- isẹ́
- Ìkirè
- isẹ́
- Ìwó
- isẹ́
- Nàìjíríà
- iṣẹ́
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- ishɛ́
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó
- iṣẹ́
- Kabba
- iṣẹ́
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)
- ucɛ́
- Tchaourou
- ucɛ́
- Baàtɛ
- n̄cɛ́incɛ́
- Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)
- icɛ́
- Ìkpòbɛ́
- ishɛ́
- Ọ̀húnbẹ́
- iṣẹ́
- Onigbolo
- ishɛ́
- Ìlárá
- iṣẹ́
- Ìdọ̀fà
- iṣẹ́
- Ìmẹ̀kọ
- iṣẹ́
- Ìwòyè Kétu
- iṣẹ́
- Kétu
- ishɛ́
- Akpáré
- itsɛ́
- Atakpamɛ
- itsɛ́
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- itsɛ́
- Ìsakété
- ishɛ́
- Ìfànyìn
- ishɛ́
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These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
labor
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “iṣẹ”.
Reference:
en-iṣẹ-yo-noun-AOE-169V