odu

ódú

1. name

odu

1. grandmother

odu m

1. accusative singular form of ods
2. instrumental singular form of ods
3. genitive plural form of ods

odu

1. 1st person singular past indicative form of ost

odu

1. to count

• IPA^(key): /ō.dù/, /ò.dù/

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

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

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.

• IPA^(key): /ō.dù/

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.

• (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)}

• IPA^(key): /ò.dū/

òdu

1. bigness or largeness of physical size

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

• IPA^(key): /ò.dú/

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