Èṣù Ọ̀dàrà
name
/è.ʃù ɔ̀.dà.ɾà/
Definitions
- a nickname and praise name for the deity Èṣù
Etymology
From Èṣù + Ọ̀dàrà
* Ọ̀dàrà is believed to be from ọ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + dá (“to make”) + àrà (“wonders”)
Component words
Wiktionary records 2 different ways of breaking this word down. Each line is one of them, not a further part.
ÈṣùỌ̀dàrà
ọ̀-nominalizing prefix
dáto make
11 entries are spelled “dá”. The etymology calls it “to make”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
dá
to create, to make, to initiate, to establish
dá
to make a contribution to
dá
to place or go across
dá
to cease, to stop
dá
to become healthy, to be devoid of illness (in reference to the body)
dá
to engage in divination, to divine
dá
to act alone
dá
to overcome, to overpower, to throw down
dá
to hit
dá
to become sharp, vocal, or fully awake
dá
to snap, to break, to cut (into two)
àràwonders
2 entries are spelled “àrà”. The etymology calls it “wonders”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
àrà
wonder, miracle, spectacle
àrà
style, fashion
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
The orisha and primordial divinity (irúnmọlẹ̀) of judgement, trickery, crossroads, and the messenger of Olódùmarè in the Yoruba religion. He is believed to epitomize the duality of goodness and malevolence, and is the intermediary between humanity and the evil forces, the Ajogun.
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
Exu OdaráPortuguese
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Eṣu Ọdara”.
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