Ejitọn

Yoruba Etymology A name that is remnant of the ancient Ifa system of divination known as agbigba, cognate terms are found in almost every system of Ifa-like divination among the Edo, Yoruba, Igbo, Urhobo, and Nupe, equivalent to yo Ògúndá. Compare with its Ègíté, igl Èjítá, bin Ìghítan, ig Ìɣítẹ (Nri), ig Ìjíte (Nsuka), ig Èjíte (Western Igbo), idu Èjítá, perhaps a distant yo Ògúndá. Proposed to be derived from yo alv-yrd-pro *ì-jítã́ or yo alv-yrd-pro *ì-jíté Pronunciation Èjítọ́n Proper noun Èjítọ́n yo Ekiti The ninth principal sign of the Ifa divination system yo Ògúndá yo Ekiti The ninth chapter of the Odù Ifá corpus, and one of the major yo ojú odù yo Ògúndá méjì yo Divination