ṣẹ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "se"

Yoruba

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Verb

ṣẹ́

1. to break; to snap

   Synonyms: fọ́, dá

2. to sprain

   Synonym: rọ́

   Ó fẹsẹ̀ ṣẹ́ ― He sprained his leg

3. to fold

   Synonym: ká

4. to gush out; to teem out

   Ikán ń ṣẹ́ láti ilẹ̀ sísán ― Termites are teeming from the cracked earth

5. (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”)

 

Etymology 2

Verb

ṣẹ́

1. to thatch

   Synonym: bọ̀

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

Etymology 3

Verb

ṣẹ́

1. 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”)

 

Etymology 4

Verb

ṣẹ̀

1. to offend

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

2. to sin

Derived terms

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

 

Etymology 5

Verb

ṣẹ

1. to happen
2. 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

 

Etymology 6

Verb

ṣẹ̀

1. to originate from; to emerge from

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