ṣẹ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "se"

Yoruba

Pronunciation

(high-tone): IPA^(key): /ʃɛ́/
(mid-tone): IPA^(key): /ʃɛ̄/
(low-tone): IPA^(key): /ʃɛ̀/

Verb

ṣẹ́

to break; to snap
Synonyms: fọ́, dá
to sprain
Synonym: rọ́

Ó fẹsẹ̀ ṣẹ́ ― He sprained his leg
to fold
Synonym: ká
to gush out; to teem out
Ikán ń ṣẹ́ láti ilẹ̀ sísán ― Termites are teeming from the cracked earth
(with èpè (“swear; curse”)) to curse; to swear
Ọmọlúwàbí kò gbọdọ̀ ṣẹ́ èpè ― A good person mustn't spew curses

Derived terms

ṣẹ́gun (“to triumph; to win a war”)
ṣẹ́lẹ̀rú (“creek; stream”)
ṣépè (“to swear”)

Verb

ṣẹ́

to thatch
Synonym: bọ̀

Wọ́n máa ń tún ààfin Ọ̀yọ́ ṣẹ́ lọ́dọọdún Bẹẹrẹ ― The palace of Oyo is rethatched every Beere festival

Verb

ṣẹ́

to be poverty-stricken; to be destitute
Ìṣẹ́ ti ṣẹ́ ọ̀tá wa. ― Poverty has afflicted our enemies.

Derived terms

akúṣẹ̀ẹ́ (“poor person”)
kúṣẹ̀ẹ́ (“to be poor”)
ìṣẹ́ (“poverty”)

Verb

ṣẹ̀

to offend
O ti ṣẹ̀ wá, o dẹ̀ ti já wa kulẹ̀. ― You have done us wrong and let us down.
to sin

Derived terms

dẹ́ṣẹ̀ (“to sin”)
ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ (“offence; sin”)

Verb

ṣẹ

to happen
to manifest; to come to pass
A ò tíì kófá nílẹ̀, gbogbo ẹ̀ ti ń ṣẹ. ― We haven't packed the Ifa divination paraphernalia from the ground, and everything's already manifesting.

Derived terms

ṣẹlẹ̀ (“to happen”)
àṣẹ
ìmúṣẹ

Verb

ṣẹ̀

to originate from; to emerge from
Ibo ni wọ́n ti ṣẹ̀ wá? ― Where do they originate from?

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