Ika

See also: ika, -ika, and ika-

Yoruba

Ìká

Alternative forms

• Ẹ̀ká (Ekiti)

Etymology

Cognate across Volta-Niger, where it the term has remained relatively constant across all the languages, making it potentially possible to reconstruct the root all the way to Proto-Volta-Niger, (see Proto-Volta-Niger *-ká). Cognate with Igala Ẹ̀ká, Itsekiri Ẹ̀ká ultimately derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-ká, see there for more cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ká/

Proper noun

Ìká

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

   Synonym: àpólà Ìká

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

   Synonym: Ìká 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)}