"ye si" meaning in Yoruba

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Pronoun

IPA: /jè sí/ Forms: yè sí [canonical]
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. Etymology templates: {{compound|yo|yè|sí}} yè + sí, {{l|yo|è sí}} è sí, {{l|yo|ì sí}} ì sí, {{l|yo|lè sí}} lè sí, {{l|yo|nè ghí}} nè ghí, {{cog|its|nè sín}} Itsekiri nè sín, {{cog|ulb|è ghí}} Olukumi è ghí, {{cog|ijj|lè é}} Ede Ije lè é Head templates: {{head|yo|pronoun|head=yè sí|head2=}} yè sí, {{yo-pos|pronoun|yè sí}} yè sí
  1. (interrogative, Ijesha, Ifẹ) who, whom, whose Tags: interrogative Synonyms: ta
    Sense id: en-ye_si-yo-pron-PHNbHs0w Categories (other): Ifẹ Yoruba, Ijẹṣa Yoruba, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Yoruba pronouns

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