Òdí
name
/ò.dí/
Ìdí (alternative), Èdí (alternative), Òjí (alternative)
Definitions
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The fourth principal sign of the Ifa divination system
Related words
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The fourth of the àpólà or sixteen categories in the odù Ifá, consisting of the fourth principal chapter, (Òdí méjì) and the other fifteen chapters of Òdí.
Similar wordsàpólà Òdí
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The fourth chapter of the odù Ifá corpus, and one of the major ojú odù
Similar wordsÒdí méjì
- The spirit associated with the Òdí sign, he is believed to have born in a place near Ìlọrin
Etymology
Cognate across Volta-Niger, where it has consistently remained constant across almost all the languages, making it potentially possible to reconstruct the root all the way to Proto-Volta-Niger, (see Proto-Volta-Niger *-dí). Cognate with Igala Òjí, ultimately derived from Proto-Yoruboid *Ò-dí, see there for more cognates.
* Folk etymologies found in the verses assigned to this chapter are plentiful for example, ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + dí (“to block”), literally “That which blocks evil”.
Component words
ò-nominalizing prefixdíto block
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ọdún Edìname
“ọdún Edì” lists “Edì” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring tone marks. It may be a misspelling, or “Edì” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
ọdún Edì
A festival held annually in the town of Ifẹ̀ in honor of the Yoruba heroine Mọremí Àjàṣorò, who is regarded as the mother of the Yoruba people; she served as a spy and aided the town in the defeat of their enemy the Ùgbò, and her son, whom she sacrificed to save the town, and is an incarnation of a primordial divinity whom is associated with the figure (Ẹ̀là).
A festival held annually in the town of Ifẹ̀ in honor of the Yoruba heroine Mọremí Àjàṣorò, who is regarded as the mother of the Yoruba people; she served as a spy and aided the town in the defeat of their enemy the Ùgbò, and her son, whom she sacrificed to save the town, and is an incarnation of a primordial divinity whom is associated with the figure (Ẹ̀là).
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Odi”.
Reference:
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