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Yoruba
Etymology 1
From ọ̀rọ̀ (“plan, words, actions”) + mí (“my”) + gún (“to be straight, to be aligned”), literally “My life plans are straight”.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ọ̀ràngún
- the title of the traditional rulers of the towns of Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún and Òkè-Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún in Ọ̀ṣun State of Nigeria, and the head of the Ìgbómìnà people
Etymology 2
Same as Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ọ̀ràngún
- The sixteenth principal sign of the Ifa divination system
- Synonym: Òfún
- The sixteenth and final of the àpólà or sixteen categories in the odù Ifá, consisting of the final principal chapter, (Ọ̀ràngún méjì) and the other fifteen chapters of Ọ̀ràngún.
- Synonyms: àpólà Òfún, àpólà Ọ̀ràngún
- The sixteenth chapter of the odù Ifá corpus, and the last of the major ojú odù
- Synonyms: Òfún, Òfún méjì, Ọ̀ràngún méjì
See also
- (principal signs of the Ifa divination system) ojú odù; Ogbè, Ọ̀yẹ̀kú, Ìwòrì, Òdí, Ìrosùn, Ọ̀wọ́nrín, Ọ̀bàrà, Ọ̀kànràn, Ògúndá, Ọ̀sá, Ìká, Òtúúrúpọ̀n, Òtúrá, Ìrẹtẹ̀, Ọ̀sẹ́, Òfún (Category: yo:Divination)