odu

See also: ODU, odú, and ö'dü

Igala

Noun

ódú

1. name

Kimaragang

Noun

odu

1. grandmother

Latvian

Noun

odu m

1. inflection of ods:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

Verb

odu

1. first-person singular past indicative of ost

Nauruan

Verb

odu

1. to count

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Òdù

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.dù/, /ò.dù/

Noun

odù or òdù

1. cauldron, large clay pot, usually used for rituals or sacrifices

   Synonym: òdù ìkòkò

2. womb
3. (idiomatic, Ìṣẹ̀ṣe) source, origin, (in particular) source of creation

Derived terms

• Odùduwà (“orisha and founder of the Yoruba people”)
• Olódùmarè (“Supreme being of the Yoruba religion”)
• Odù Ifá (“The corpus text of the Yoruba religion”)

Etymology 2

Odù ẹlẹ́kíní, Ejì Ogbè

Several etymologies, especially those relating to the Ìṣẹ̀ṣe religion, link the definition of Etymology 1 as the etymology of this definition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.dù/

Noun

odù

1. a sign of the Ifa divination system; of which there are 256
2. the secret power of Ifá which a babalawo is said to possess.

Derived terms

• igbódù (“a sacred forest for Ifa divination”)
• ojú odù (“the 16 most important signs of Ifa divination”)
• ọmọ odù (“240 minor signs of Ifa divination”)
• Òdù Ifá (“the corpus of the Iṣẹṣe religion of the Yoruba”)

 

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)}

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.dū/

Noun

òdu

1. bigness or largeness of physical size

Etymology 4

Òdòdó ewé òdú

From ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ dú (“to be dark”), literally “that which is dark”

• This may refer to the dark black berries the plant produces

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.dú/

Noun

òdú

1. the plant American black nightshade, its leaves are commonly used in soups and stews.

   Synonym: ògùnmọ̀

2. (idiomatic) someone who is well known in a society

   Synonym: olókìkí