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Ogbe
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Yoruba
thumb|right|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 its Ogbìn, igl Ébì, bin Ógbì, ig Ógbì, ig Óbì (Nsukka), idu Ébì, fon Gbè, proposed to be derived from yo alv-yrd-pro *ó-gbì. In sister divination systems, this signature is known as Osika, Osinkan, and Osinkara.
Pronunciation
Ogbè
Proper noun
Ogbè
The first principal sign of the Ifa divination system.
The first of the yo àpólà or sixteen categories in the yo Odù Ifá, consisting of the first principal chapter, (yo Èjì Ogbè) and the other fifteen chapters of Ogbè.
yo àpólà Ogbè
The first and most important chapter of the yo Odù Ifá
yo Èjì Ogbè
The spirit and divinity associated with the Ogbè divination sign, he is believed to be a son of yo Ọ̀ṣun and yo Ọ̀rúnmìlà and was born in the town of yo Ọ̀tùn, where the king was his maternal grandfather.
yo Èjì Ogbè
Derived terms
yo Èjì Ogbè Ogbèyẹ̀kú Ogbèwòrì Ogbèdí Ogbèrosùn Ogbè-dòsùnmú Ogbèwọ́nrín Ogbèbàrà Ogbèkànràn Ogbègúndá Ogbèyọ́nú Ogbèsá Ogbèká Ogbètúrúpọ̀n Ogbètúrá Ogbèjẹ́gbẹ́ Ọ̀yẹ̀kúfabagókè Ogbèrẹ̀tẹ̀ Ogbè Àtẹ́ Ogbèṣẹ́ Ogbèfún Ọ̀yẹ̀kúlógbè
See also
yo Yoruba religion