iṣu

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

• IPA^(key): /ī.ʃū/

iṣu

1. any of the various species of wild and cultivated yam in the family Dioscorea
2. (extension) tuber; (especially) yam tuber

• 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

• ègbodò
• ọdún Ìjẹ̀ṣu

• → Arigidi: adʒu