FromProto-Gbe*sẽ,*sɛ̃.[1] Cognates includeFonsɛ̀n,Aja (West Africa)sɛ̀n. CompareYorubasìn, Ìjẹ̀búYorubasẹ̀n,Ifèsɛ̃̀,Olukumihẹ̀n
sẹ̀n(Nigeria)
- toworship
- ^Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991),A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics;14), Berlin/New York; Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page225
Cognate withYorubasín
sẹ́n
- (Ijebu) tosneeze
sẹ́n
- (Ijebu) to belong
sẹ́n
- (Ijebu) tocrackpalm nuts
- Wẹn máa dúró fú mi kí m lèsẹ́n èkùrọ́ kí m nẹ́ nọ́wọ́ ―Wait for me to finishcracking the palm nuts I have at hand
Cognate withYorubasìn,Ifèsɛ̃̀,Olukumihẹ̀n. CompareGunsɛ̀n,Fonsɛ̀n,Aja (West Africa)sɛ̀n
sẹ̀n
- (Ijebu) toworship
- Màá sẹ̀n ẹ́ pẹ̀lú urun dede rìí ḿ nẹ́ ―I'll worship you with everything that I have
Cognate withYorubasìn
sẹ̀n
- (Ijebu) todomesticate
- Màá sẹnọ̀nẹ̀ kí àbúrò mi fú mi ―I'll domesticate the crocodiles my brother gave me
- ùsẹ̀n(“for domesticating/rearing”)