odu

ódú

1. name

odu

1. grandmother

odu m

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

odu

1. first-person singular past indicative 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