Yoruba

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Blend of Ogbè +‎ Ọ̀yẹ̀kú.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ō.ɡ͡bè.jɛ̀.kú/

Proper noun

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Ogbèyẹ̀kú

  1. The seventeenth sign of the Ifa divination system, it is the first and most important, of the signs of the ọmọ odù; the 240 minor signs
  2. The seventeenth chapter of the Odù Ifá corpus. It is one of the sixteen chapters in the Ogbè category (àpólà) and the first and most important of the 240 minor chapters, or àmúlù of the Odù Ifá.
  3. The spirit associated with this chapter

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