See Ifa on Wiktionary
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"sense": "principal signs of the Ifa divination system",
"word": "ojú odù"
},
{
"word": "Ogbè"
},
{
"word": "Ọ̀yẹ̀kú"
},
{
"word": "Ìwòrì"
},
{
"word": "Òdí"
},
{
"word": "Ìrosùn"
},
{
"word": "Ọ̀wọ́nrín"
},
{
"word": "Ọ̀bàrà"
},
{
"word": "Ọ̀kànràn"
},
{
"word": "Ògúndá"
},
{
"word": "Ọ̀sá"
},
{
"word": "Ìká"
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{
"word": "Òtúúrúpọ̀n"
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{
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{
"word": "Ìrẹtẹ̀"
},
{
"word": "Ọ̀sẹ́"
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{
"ipa": "/ɪ̄.fá/"
}
],
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}
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