sìn
Meanings
before; first in point of time
to accompany; lead on the way; demand debt due; lord over; domineer; to serve a superior; adore; cease; prevent from doing; keep domestic animals; raise cattle
to bury; be concealed; force green fruit to ripen
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Same spelling, different tones
These entries fold to the same letters once tone is removed, so a tone-blind search returns all of them.
- sínto string (as beads, cowries); to sneeze; sneeze
- ṣindeeply; to wash; to rinse
- èsèdye; paint; coloured liquid used by tanners; dye; provision; food prepared for use in the course of a journey
- aíṣẹ́not sinning, inoffensive; having no beginning; unbroken
- alẹṣẹfreedom from sin, innocency
- gbẹsẹto incur guilt; to sin
- laisèhaving no beginning; no origin; without sin, guilt; without doing; inactively
- ailẹbiguiltlessness; freedom from sin, crime
- ẹbọ-ẹsẹsin offering; trespass offering
- ìdẹ̀ṣẹ̀the act of sinning; perpetration
- ìfẹjẹjiforgiveness of sins