odù
noun
/ō.dù/
Definitions
-
a sign of the Ifa divination system; of which there are 256
Related words
- the secret power of Ifá which a babalawo is said to possess.
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “odù”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
Several etymologies, especially those relating to the Ìṣẹ̀ṣe religion, link the definition of Etymology 1 as the etymology of this definition.
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Òdù Ifáthe corpus of the Iṣẹṣe religion of the Yoruba
Wiktionary points at “Òdù Ifá”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “Odù Ifá”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “Òdù Ifá” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
Odù Ifá
the 256 chapter oral corpus that serves as the main corpus of the Yoruba religion (Ìṣẹ̀ṣe), the worship of Ifá and divination. Each chapter is associated with a unique binary signature.
Related words
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 2,
where this word is spelled “odu”.
Reference:
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