Ọrangun
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Yoruba
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From ọ̀rọ̀ (“plan, words, actions”) + mí (“my”) + gún (“to be straight, to be aligned”), literally “My life plans are straight”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ọ̀ràngún
- the title of the traditional rulers of the towns of Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún and Òkè-Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún in Ọ̀ṣun State of Nigeria, and the head of the Ìgbómìnà people
Etymology 2
[edit]Same as Etymology 1
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ọ̀ràngún
- The sixteenth principal sign of the Ifa divination system
- Synonym: Òfún
- The sixteenth and final of the àpólà or sixteen categories in the odù Ifá, consisting of the final principal chapter, (Ọ̀ràngún méjì) and the other fifteen chapters of Ọ̀ràngún.
- Synonyms: àpólà Òfún, àpólà Ọ̀ràngún
- The sixteenth chapter of the odù Ifá corpus, and the last of the major ojú odù
- Synonyms: Òfún, Òfún méjì, Ọ̀ràngún méjì