ubo sí
adv
/ū.bō sí/
Definitions
- where
Dialect
Etymology
From ubo (“place”) + sí (“marker”). The use of "sí" can be seen in many interrogative forms in spoken varieties in the Èdè-Yorùbá-Ìṣẹkírì language continuum such as Ìjẹ̀bú. Cognates with Èkìtì Yoruba ubi sí, Ifẹ̀ Yoruba ibi sí
Component words
uboplace
símarker
4 entries are spelled “sí”. The etymology calls it “marker”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
sí
The name of the Latin script letter S/s.
sí
to, at, toward (used when movement is implied)
sí
to be far, to be distant
sí
Negative form of wà
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.
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where
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ubo si”.
Reference:
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