òsì
noun
/ò.sì/
òsìn (alternative)
Definitions
- left
-
the third-in-command of the king in some towns, the third-in-rank in any group or collective
Similar wordsigbákẹ́ta
Etymology
Cognate with Igala àwóhì
Dialectal synonyms “left” 34 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Òkìtìpupa
- òhì
- Mahin
- òhì
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- òsìn
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- òhìn
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- òsì
- Abẹ́òkúta
- òsì
- Èkó
- òsì
- Ìbàdàn
- òsì
- Igbó Òrà
- òsì
- Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)
- òsì
- Ọ̀fà
- òsì
- Ìlọrin
- òsì
- Òtù
- òsì
- Ìwéré Ilé
- òsì
- Òkèhò
- òsì
- Ìsẹ́yìn
- òsì
- Ṣakí
- òsì
- Tedé
- òsì
- Ìgbẹ́tì
- òsì
- Ọ̀yọ́
- òsìòsìn obsolete
- Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́)
- òsìòsìn obsolete
- Nàìjíríà
- òsìòsìn obsolete
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- òsì
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Ìyá Gbẹ̀dẹ̀
- ohì
- Bùnú
- ohì
- Ìjùmú
- ohì
- Akutupa Kiri
- ohì
- Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó
- ohì
- Kabba
- ohìòhì
- Lọ́kọ́ja
- ohì
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Akpáré
- àwóòsìòsì
- Atakpamɛ
- àwóòsìòsì
- Est-Mono
- àwóòsìòsì
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- àwóòsìòsì
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ìṣẹ́noun
“ìṣẹ́” lists “òṣì” 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 “òṣì” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
ìṣẹ́
poverty, severe problem
poverty, severe problemOthers in the same set
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “osi”.
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