sísì
noun
/sí.sì/
Definitions
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six pence (sixpence); in modern usage, five kobo
Similar wordsẹgbàánoun 2 entries are spelled “ẹgbàá”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. ẹgbàá six pence (sixpence); in modern usage, five kobo ẹgbàá two thousand
Etymology
From English six, compare with Igbo sisì
Possibly derived from
Each of these pages lists a word as built from it, spelled a little differently from this one — a different tone mark, or an underdot this word doesn't have.
Tone and underdots are what tell two Yorùbá words apart, so we can't say whether the other page meant this word and mistyped it, or meant a word that has no page here yet.
Writing that word up on Wiktionary settles it. How to help.
ṣíverb
“ṣí” lists “ṣíṣí” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring underdots. It may be a misspelling, or “ṣíṣí” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
ṣí
to leach
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “sisi”.
Reference:
en-sisi-yo-noun-7ChG6Sq6