iṣẹ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ise"

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• uṣẹ́

Etymology 1

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”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.ʃɛ́/

Noun

iṣẹ́

1. work

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - iṣẹ́ (“work”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ào		Ìdóàní	usẹ́
		Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)		Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)	uṣẹ́
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	uṣẹ́
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	uṣẹ́
				Ìkòròdú	uṣẹ́
				Ṣágámù	uṣẹ́
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)		Òkìtìpupa	usẹ́
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)		Mahin	usẹ́
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	uṣẹ́
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)	uṣẹ́
		Usẹn		Usẹn	uṣẹ́
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	uṣẹ́
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	úṣẹ́
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ụṣẹ́
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ụṣẹ́
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ụṣẹ́
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	iṣẹ́
		Ẹ̀gbá		Abẹ́òkúta	iṣẹ́
		Ẹ̀gbádò		Ayétòrò	iṣẹ́
				Igbógila	iṣẹ́
				Ìjàká	iṣẹ́
				Ìlaròó	iṣẹ́
				Ìṣàwọ́njọ	iṣẹ́
		Èkó		Èkó	iṣẹ́
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	isẹ́
		Ìbàràpá		Igbó Òrà	isẹ́
				Èrúwà	isẹ́
		Ìbọ̀lọ́		Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)	isẹ́
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	isẹ́
		Oǹkó		Òtù	n̄chẹ́
				Ìwéré Ilé	n̄chẹ́
				Òkèhò	n̄ṣẹ́
				Ìsẹ́yìn	n̄ṣẹ́
				Ṣakí	n̄ṣẹ́
				Tedé	n̄ṣẹ́
				Ìgbẹ́tì	n̄ṣẹ́
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	isẹ́
				Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́)	isẹ́
				Ìkirè	isẹ́
				Ìwó	isẹ́
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	iṣẹ́
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	ishɛ́
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìyàgbà		Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó	iṣẹ́
		Owé		Kabba	iṣẹ́
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Cábɛ̀ɛ́		Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)	ucɛ́
				Tchaourou	ucɛ́
		Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)		Baàtɛ	n̄cɛ́, incɛ́
		Ìdàácà	Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)	icɛ́
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	ishɛ́
				Ọ̀húnbẹ́	iṣẹ́
				Onigbolo	ishɛ́
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Ìlárá	iṣẹ́
				Ìdọ̀fà	iṣẹ́
				Ìmẹ̀kọ	iṣẹ́
				Ìwòyè Kétu	iṣẹ́
				Kétu	ishɛ́
		Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	itsɛ́
				Atakpamɛ	itsɛ́
				Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	itsɛ́
		Southern Nago		Ìsakété	ishɛ́
				Ìfànyìn	ishɛ́
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.

Etymology 2

ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ṣẹ̀ (“to originate”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ʃɛ̀/

Noun

ìṣẹ̀

1. source, origin

   Synonyms: ọ̀run, orísun, ìsun, ìrun

Derived terms

• Ìṣẹ̀ṣe (“Yoruba tradition, Yoruba religion”)

Etymology 3

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ṣẹ́ (“to suffer poverty or deprivation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ʃɛ́/

Noun

ìṣẹ́

1. poverty, severe problem

   Synonyms: òṣì, tálákà