Ọsẹ
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ose"
Yoruba
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from ọ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + sẹ́ (“to snap, to break, to deny”), cognate with Idoma Oche
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ọ̀sẹ́
- The fifteenth principal sign of the Ifa divination system
- The fifteenth of the àpólà or sixteen categories in the Odù Ifá, consisting of the fifteenth principal chapter, (Ọ̀sẹ́ méjì) and the other fifteen chapters of Ọ̀sẹ́.
- Synonym: àpólà Ọ̀sẹ́
- The fifteenth chapter of the Odù Ifá corpus, and one of the major ojú odù
- Synonym: Ọ̀sẹ́ méjì
- The spirit and divinity associated with the Ọ̀sẹ́ divination sign