ye si

See also: yesi

Yoruba

Etymology

From yè +‎ sí.

Compare with forms in other Yoruba dialects, Ondo è sí, Ekiti ì sí, Egba & Ijebu lè sí, Iyagba nè ghí. The use of "sí" can be seen in many interrogative forms in the respective dialects. Cognate with Itsekiri nè sín, Olukumi è ghí, Ede Ije lè é.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jè sí/

Pronoun

yè sí

  1. (interrogative, Ijesha, Ifẹ) who, whom, whose
    Synonym: ta (Standard Yoruba)
    Yè só o rí (Ifẹ̀ dialect) ― Who did you see?
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