Ika

Appendix:Variations of "ika" Yoruba thumb|right|Ìká Alternative forms yo Ẹ̀ká Ekiti Etymology Cognate across Volta-Niger, where it the term has remained relatively constant across all the languages, making it potentially possible to reconstruct the root all the way to Proto-Volta-Niger, (see yo alv-von-pro *-ká). Cognate with igl Ẹ̀ká, its Ẹ̀ká ultimately derived from yo alv-yrd-pro *ɛ̀-ká, see there for more cognates. Pronunciation Ìká Proper noun Ìká The eleventh principal sign of the Ifa divination system The eleventh of the yo àpólà or sixteen categories in the yo odù Ifá, consisting of the eleventh principal chapter, (yo Ìká méjì) and the other fifteen chapters of Ìká yo àpólà Ìká The eleventh chapter of the Odù Ifá corpus, and one of the major yo ojú odù yo Ìká méjì See also yo Yoruba religion