iṣu
noun
/ī.ʃū/
spelling unconfirmed
Definitions
- any of the various species of wild and cultivated yam in the family Dioscorea
- tuber; (especially) yam tuber
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bulb; (especially) onion or garlic bulb
ọmọ kùrùbútú búṣu ùdí ìlàǹbásà The man who is round like the bulb of an onion
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
Dialectal synonyms “yam” 38 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìdóàní
- èrún
- Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)
- uṣu
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- uṣu
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- uṣu
- Ìkòròdú
- iṣu
- Ṣágámù
- uṣu
- Òkìtìpupa
- usu
- Mahin
- usu
- Oǹdó
- uṣu
- Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)
- uchu
- Usẹn
- usu
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- awará
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- uṣu
- Àkúrẹ́
- uṣu
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- uṣu
- Iléṣà (Uléṣà)
- uṣu
- Òkè Igbó
- isu
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- iṣu
- Abẹ́òkúta
- iṣu
- Èkó
- iṣu
- Ìbàdàn
- isu
- Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)
- isu
- Ìlọrin
- isu
- Òtù
- ichu
- Ìwéré Ilé
- ichu
- Òkèhò
- isu
- Ìsẹ́yìn
- isu
- Ṣakí
- isu
- Tedé
- isu
- Ìgbẹ́tì
- isu
- Ọ̀yọ́
- isu
- Nàìjíríà
- iṣu
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- ishu
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Kabba
- usuisu
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)
- icu
- Akpáré
- itsu
- Atakpamɛ
- itsu
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- itsu
Related words
ègbodònoun
2 entries are spelled “ègbodò”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first.
ègbodò
freshly harvested yam
ègbojò
alternative form of ègbodò (“freshly harvested yam”)
ọdún Ìjẹ̀ṣuname
Wiktionary points at “ọdún Ìjẹ̀ṣu”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “ọdún Ìjẹṣu”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “ọdún Ìjẹ̀ṣu” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
ọdún Ìjẹṣu
a festival celebrating the yam harvest and fertility deities, it is often the most important festival in a Yorùbá town, especially Eastern Yorùbá towns. It is usually held at the end of August or beginning of September. Citizens are traditionally forbidden from eating any yams until the rites of the festival are completed.
Listed as a similar word by
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.
yam; (in particular) Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata
A kind of
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èsúrúnoun
2 entries are spelled “èsúrú”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first.
èsúrú
aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)
èsúú
alternative form of èsúrú (“aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)”)
èsùsúèwopron
ewùànoun
3 entries are spelled “ewùà”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first.
ewùà
water yam; purple yam; Dioscorea alata or Dioscorea smilacifolia
ewùrà
purple yam; Dioscorea alata or Dioscorea smilacifolia
ẹụ̀rà
water yam; purple yam; Dioscorea alata or Dioscorea smilacifolia
ewùànoun
3 entries are spelled “ewùà”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first.
ewùà
water yam; purple yam; Dioscorea alata or Dioscorea smilacifolia
ewùrà
purple yam; Dioscorea alata or Dioscorea smilacifolia
ẹụ̀rà
water yam; purple yam; Dioscorea alata or Dioscorea smilacifolia
ewùrà ẹṣiniṣu àwọ́niṣu-ọdẹlàláokùn owóọlọ̀útìẹ́tìẹ́uṣu uyẹuṣu aro
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
adʒuArigidi
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “iṣu”.
Reference:
en-iṣu-yo-noun-ArOn-fVY