Ogbe

Yoruba

Ogbè

Etymology

Cognate terms are found throughout Volta-Niger languages, and cognates also show evidence of the o- and e- prefixes, which are likely obsolete plural markers. See Itsekiri Ogbìn, Igala Ébì, Edo Ógbì, Igbo Ógbì, Igbo Óbì (Nsukka), Idoma Ébì, Fon Gbè, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-gbì. In sister divination systems, this signature is known as Osika, Osinkan, and Osinkara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.ɡ͡bè/

Proper noun

Ogbè

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

   Synonym: àpólà Ogbè

3. The first and most important chapter of the Odù Ifá

   Synonym: Èjì Ogbè

4. The spirit and divinity associated with the Ogbè divination sign, he is believed to be a son of Ọ̀ṣun and Ọ̀rúnmìlà and was born in the town of Ọ̀tùn, where the king was his maternal grandfather.

   Synonym: Èjì Ogbè

Derived terms

• Ogbè Àtẹ́
• Ogbè-dòsùnmú
• Ogbèbàrà
• Ogbèdí
• Ogbèfún
• Ogbègúndá
• Ogbèjẹ́gbẹ́
• Ogbèkànràn
• Ogbèká
• Ogbèrẹ̀tẹ̀
• Ogbèrosùn
• Ogbèsá
• Ogbèṣẹ́
• Ogbètúrá
• Ogbètúrúpọ̀n
• Ogbèwọ́nrín
• Ogbèwòrì
• Ogbèyẹ̀kú
• Ogbèyọ́nú
• Ọ̀yẹ̀kúfabagókè
• Ọ̀yẹ̀kúlógbè
• Èjì Ogbè

 

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)}