iyẹrosun

Yoruba

Etymology

From ìyẹ̀rẹ̀ (“powder, scrapings”) +‎ osùn (“camwood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.jɛ̀.ɾò.sũ̀/

Noun

ìyẹ̀ròsùn

1. A type of powder from camwood, the wood of the Baphia nitida tree. It is used in the traditional Yoruba religion during divination, in which the powder is sprinkled on the ọpọ́n Ifá, and an odù signature is traced in the powder.