Odi

odi ODI Odi- odî òdi óði øði Yoruba thumb|right|Òdí Alternative forms yo Ìdí Èdí yo Òjí NEY Volta-Niger languages Etymology Cognate across Volta-Niger, where it has consistently remained constant across almost all the languages, making it potentially possible to reconstruct the root all the way to Proto-Volta-Niger, (see yo alv-von-pro *-dí). Cognate with igl Òjí, ultimately derived from yo alv-yrd-pro *Ò-dí, see there for more cognates. Folk etymologies found in the verses assigned to this chapter are plentiful for example, yo ò- dí nominalizing prefix to block That which blocks evil. Pronunciation Òdí Proper noun Òdí The fourth principal sign of the Ifa divination system The fourth of the yo àpólà or sixteen categories in the yo odù Ifá, consisting of the fourth principal chapter, (yo Òdí méjì) and the other fifteen chapters of Òdí. yo àpólà Òdí The fourth chapter of the odù Ifá corpus, and one of the major yo ojú odù yo Òdí méjì The spirit associated with the Òdí sign, he is believed to have born in a place near yo Ìlọrin See also yo Yoruba religion