iṣu
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Yoruba
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]iṣu
- any of the various species of wild and cultivated yam in the family Dioscorea
- (extension) tuber; (especially) yam tuber
Synonyms
[edit]Yoruba Varieties and Languages - iṣu (“yam”) | ||||
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Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Location | Words |
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ìdóàní | èrún |
Ìdànrè | Ìdànrè | uṣu | ||
Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | uṣu | ||
Ìkòròdú | iṣu | |||
Ṣágámù | uṣu | |||
Ẹ̀pẹ́ | uṣu | |||
Ìkálẹ̀ | Òkìtìpupa | usu | ||
Ìlàjẹ | Mahin | usu | ||
Oǹdó | Oǹdó | uṣu | ||
Ọ̀wọ̀ | Ọ̀wọ̀ | uchu | ||
Usẹn | Usẹn | usu | ||
Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | awará | ||
Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | uṣu |
Àkúrẹ́ | uṣu | |||
Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | uṣu | |||
Ìjẹ̀ṣà | Iléṣà | uṣu | ||
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 | Igbó Ìdàácà | icu | |
Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | itsu | ||
Atakpamé | itsu | |||
Tchetti | itsu |
Hypernyms
[edit]- 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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Arigidi: adʒu
Categories:
- Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruba
- Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruba
- Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Edekiri
- Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Edekiri
- Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid
- Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba nouns
- yo:Vegetables
- yo:Dioscoreales order plants