Irẹtẹ
Yoruba
Etymology
Cognate with Idoma Orete
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ì.ɾɛ̄.tɛ̀/, /ì.ɾɛ̀.tɛ̀/
Proper noun
Ìrẹtẹ̀ or Ìrẹ̀tẹ̀
- The fourteenth principal sign of the Ifa divination system
- The fourteenth of the àpólà or sixteen categories in the Odù Ifá, consisting of the fourteenth principal chapter, (Ìrẹ̀tẹ̀ méjì) and the other fifteen chapters of Ìrẹ̀tẹ̀.
- Synonym: àpólà Ìrẹ̀tẹ̀
- The fourteenth chapter of the Odù Ifá corpus, and one of the major ojú odù
- Synonym: Ìrẹ̀tẹ̀ méjì
- The spirit and divinity associated with the Ìrẹtẹ̀ divination sign.