Òdí
name
/ò.dí/
Ìdí (alternative), Èdí (alternative), Òjí (alternative)
Definitions
- The fourth principal sign of the Ifa divination system
- 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.
- The fourth chapter of the odù Ifá corpus, and one of the major ojú odù
- The spirit associated with the Òdí sign, he is believed to have born in a place near Ìlọrin
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”.
Component words
ò-nominalizing prefixdíto block
Used in
Related terms
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Odi”.
Reference:
en-Odi-yo-name-GZGwYUwW