Ọsa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "osa"

Itsekiri

Etymology

Compare with Igala Ọ̀rá, Yoruba Ọ̀sá, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *Ɔ̀-sá, see there for cognates across Volta-Niger

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.sá/

Proper noun

Ọ̀sá

1. The tenth principal sign of the Ifa divination system
2. The tenth chapter of the Odù Ifá corpus, and one of the major ojú odù

   Synonym: Ọ̀sá méjì

See also

• (principal signs of the Ifa divination system) ojú odù; Ogbìn, Akú, Òghòrì, Ìdín, Ùròsùn, Àghárí, Ọ̀bàrà, Ọ̀kàràn, Ègíté, Ọ̀sá, Ẹ̀ká, Àtúkpà, Òtúrá, Ẹ̀tẹ̀, Òsé, Òfún ^{(Category: its:Divination)}

Yoruba

Ọ̀sá

Etymology

Compare with Igala Ọ̀rá, Itsekiri Ọ̀sá, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *Ɔ̀-sá, see there for cognates across Volta-Niger

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀.sá/

Proper noun

Ọ̀sá

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

   Synonym: àpólà Ọ̀sá

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

   Synonym: Ọ̀sá méjì

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)}