Odi

See also: odi, ODI, Odi-, odî, òdi, óði, and øði

Yoruba

Òdí

Alternative forms

• Ìdí, Èdí
• Òjí (NEY)

Etymology

Cognate across Volta-Niger, where it has consistently remained constant across almost all the languages, making it potentially possible to reconstruct the root all the way to Proto-Volta-Niger, (see Proto-Volta-Niger *-dí). Cognate with Igala Òjí, ultimately derived from Proto-Yoruboid *Ò-dí, see there for more cognates.

• Folk etymologies found in the verses assigned to this chapter are plentiful for example, ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ dí (“to block”), literally “That which blocks evil”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.dí/

Proper noun

Òdí

1. The fourth principal sign of the Ifa divination system
2. The fourth of the àpólà or sixteen categories in the odù Ifá, consisting of the fourth principal chapter, (Òdí méjì) and the other fifteen chapters of Òdí.

   Synonym: àpólà Òdí

3. The fourth chapter of the odù Ifá corpus, and one of the major ojú odù

   Synonym: Òdí méjì

4. The spirit associated with the Òdí sign, he is believed to have born in a place near Ìlọrin

See also

• (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)}