Ogunda

Yoruba thumb|right|Ògúndá Etymology An ancient term associated with the majority of the Ifa-divination systems of other Volta-Niger groups. Proposed to be derived from yo alv-yrd-pro *ò-gʷṹtã́, where it has a synonymous name yo Èjítọ́n, used currently in Yoruba only in the Ekiti dialect, but is regarded as this term in other languages. See igl Ògwútọ, ig Ògúte, nup Gúta, igb Ògútá, guw Ègúdá, fon Gùdá, ultimately from a common Volta-Niger root, perhaps yo alv-von-pro *-gúta, but the etymology is not known beyond there. Folk etymologies associate with the deity yo Ògún, which could suggest a link to igl ògwú. Pronunciation Ògúndá Proper noun Ògúndá The ninth principal sign of the Ifa divination system yo Èjítọ́n The ninth of the yo àpólà or sixteen categories in the yo odù Ifá, consisting of the ninth principal chapter, (yo Ògúndá méjì) and the other fifteen chapters of Ògúndá yo àpólà Ògúndá The ninth chapter of the Odù Ifá corpus, and one of the major yo ojú odù yo Ògúndá méjì Èjítọ́n méjì See also yo Yoruba religion