Ọ̀rúnmìlà
name
/ɔ̀.ɾṹ.mĩ̀.là/
Definitions
- a semi-legendary figure who is identified as being a priest, scholar, and philosopher in ancient Yoruba society, and may have developed from several wisemen figures throughout ancient history who aided in the spread and development of the Ifá oracle.
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Ọrunmila, the primordial divinity (irúnmọlẹ̀) and orisha of wisdom and divination. He is regarded as the custodian of the Ifá oracle.
Similar wordsIfáname 2 entries are spelled “Ifá”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. Ifá the spirit associated with divination, wisdom, and the oracle Ifá A complex system of divination in Yoruba religion. Fọ́nrán-kan-ṣoṣo-òwúÀgbọnnìrègúnnameẸlẹ́rìí ìpínỌlọ́jà Ẹbọra
Etymology
From ọ̀run (“heaven”) + mọ̀ (“to know”) + ìlà (“salvation”), literally “Only heaven knows salvation”.
Component words
ọ̀runheavenmọ̀to know
ìlàsalvation
2 entries are spelled “ìlà”. The etymology calls it “salvation”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ìlà
mark
ìlà
dilution
Used in
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.
OrunmilaEnglish
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Ọrunmila”.
Reference:
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