# iṣu
## Yoruba
### 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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ī.ʃū/

### Noun

iṣu
* any of the various species of wild and cultivated yam in the family Dioscorea
* (extension) tuber; (especially) yam tuber
* (extension) bulb; (especially) onion or garlic bulb
    ọmọ kùrùbútú búṣu ùdí ìlàǹbásàThe man who is round like the bulb of an onion

#### Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - iṣu (“yam”) :
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ìdóàní | èrún |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìdànrè | Ìdànrè | uṣu |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | uṣu |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìkòròdú | iṣu |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ṣágámù | uṣu |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | uṣu |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ | Òkìtìpupa | usu |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ | Mahin | usu |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | uṣu |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ọ̀wọ̀ | Ọ̀wọ̀ | uchu |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Usẹn | Usẹn | usu |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | awará |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | uṣu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | uṣu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | uṣu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀ṣà | Iléṣà | uṣu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Òkè Igbó | Òkè Igbó | isu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | iṣu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | iṣu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | iṣu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | isu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo | isu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | isu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Ìtẹ̀síwájú LGA | ichu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Ìwàjówà LGA | ichu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Kájọlà LGA | isu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Ìsẹ́yìn LGA | isu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Ṣakí West LGA | isu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Atisbo LGA | isu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA | isu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | isu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | iṣu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ishu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | usu, isu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | Igbó Ìdàácà | icu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | itsu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamé | itsu |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti | itsu |

#### Hypernyms

* àpàdá
* àgị̀da
* dàgídàgí
* efùrù
* èmìnà (“Dioscorea bulbifera”)
* èsúrú (“Dioscurea dumetorum, Dioscurea odoratissima”)
* èsùsú (“Diospyros barteri; Dioscorea mangenotiana”)
* ewo (“Dioscorea smilacifolia”)
* ewùrà, ẹụ̀rà (water yam)
* ewùrà ẹṣin (“Dioscorea bulbifera”)
* iṣu àwọ́n (“Dioscorea praehensilis”)
* iṣu-ọdẹ (“Dioscorea praehensilis”)
* làlá
* okùn owó (“Dioscorea hirtiflora”)
* ọlọ̀ú
* tìẹ́tìẹ́ (“Dioscorea dumetorum”)
* uṣu uyẹ
* uṣu aro

#### Related terms

* ègbodò
* ọdún Ìjẹ̀ṣu

#### Descendants

* → Arigidi: adʒu