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Breakdown: Ẹsịịny [Ẹsịịny-ade] is the noun of the verb "osiiny" which means to climb. This noun doesn't mean to climb but indicates or describes a direction usually on land which has to be climbed i.e. something which is high or tall. Looking at any map, one can say that the north is "high" compared to the other cardinal points.