Ika
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- 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 Proto-Volta-Niger *-ká). Cognate with Igala Ẹ̀ká, Itsekiri Ẹ̀ká ultimately derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-ká, see there for more cognates.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ì.ká/
Proper noun
Ìká
- The eleventh principal sign of the Ifa divination system
- The eleventh of the àpólà or sixteen categories in the odù Ifá, consisting of the eleventh principal chapter, (Ìká méjì) and the other fifteen chapters of Ìká
- Synonym: àpólà Ìká
- The eleventh chapter of the Odù Ifá corpus, and one of the major ojú odù
- Synonym: Ìká méjì
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