Irẹtẹ

Yoruba

Ìrẹ̀tẹ̀

Etymology

Cognate with Idoma Orete

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ɾɛ̄.tɛ̀/, /ì.ɾɛ̀.tɛ̀/

Proper noun

Ìrẹtẹ̀ or Ìrẹ̀tẹ̀

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

   Synonym: àpólà Ìrẹ̀tẹ̀

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

   Synonym: Ìrẹ̀tẹ̀ méjì

4. The spirit and divinity associated with the Ìrẹtẹ̀ divination sign.

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)}