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Igala
[edit]Noun
[edit]ódú
Kimaragang
[edit]Noun
[edit]odu
Latvian
[edit]Noun
[edit]odu m
- inflection of ods:
Verb
[edit]odu
Nauruan
[edit]Verb
[edit]odu
- to count
Yoruba
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]odù or òdù
- cauldron, large clay pot, usually used for rituals or sacrifices
- Synonym: òdù ìkòkò
- womb
- (idiomatic, Ìṣẹ̀ṣe) source, origin, (in particular) source of creation
Derived terms
[edit]- Odùduwà (“orisha and founder of the Yoruba people”)
- Olódùmarè (“Supreme being of the Yoruba religion”)
- Odù Ifá (“The corpus text of the Yoruba religion”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Several etymologies, especially those relating to the Ìṣẹ̀ṣe religion, link the definition of Etymology 1 as the etymology of this definition.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]odù
- a sign of the Ifa divination system; of which there are 256
- the secret power of Ifá which a babalawo is said to possess.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- (principal signs of the Ifa divination system) ojú odù; Ogbè, Ọ̀yẹ̀kú, Ìwòrì, Òdí, Ìrosùn, Ọ̀wọ́nrín, Ọ̀bàrà, Ọ̀kànràn, Ògúndá, Ọ̀sá, Ìká, Òtúúrúpọ̀n, Òtúrá, Ìrẹtẹ̀, Ọ̀sẹ́, Òfún (Category: yo:Divination)
Etymology 3
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]òdu
Etymology 4
[edit]From ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + dú (“to be dark”), literally “that which is dark”
- This may refer to the dark black berries the plant produces
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]òdú