ṣe

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Same spelling, different tones

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• sé(denoting emphasis), positively; now; at any rate; surely; indeed; truly; to be dead; to question; query; challenge; quake;
• sèbake; boil
• sëdrain
• sẹto be shut; closed; barren; miss a mark, one's aim; to cook; concoct; dress and prepare victuals; to dye cloth, leather
• sẹ́see sẹ̀rẹ̀; sluggishly; slothfully
• bùalmost; nearly. - e.g., mo bù de ibẹ tan, "i nearly reached there." - e.g., mo bù ṣe tan, "i have nearly done.; almond; to take out a portion (e.g., of rice, water); to tweak; to break bread; to rupture; to lacerate. - e.g., bù omi fun mi, "give me water to drink." - e.g., bù agbado fun ẹṣin, "bring corn for the horse." - e.g., bù iṣu die fun ọmọ yi, "cut some yam for this child.
• máaux. indicating customary action (sometimes "ama", "ma"), continuity; not; a negative particle used only in the imperative mood, frequently in connection with ṣe, to do
• atóṣeone who is capable of, able to be.-e.g. atóṣe ika ṣe sùrú, “he is able to be cruel, but will not.”
• bí o báif it should be; in case he should (generally followed by jẹ pe, ṣe pe)