"Ika" meaning in Yoruba

See Ika in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ì.ká/ Forms: Ìká [canonical], Ẹ̀ká [alternative]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|yo|alv-von-pro|*-ká}} Proto-Volta-Niger *-ká, {{cog|igl|Ẹ̀ká}} Igala Ẹ̀ká, {{cog|its|Ẹ̀ká}} Itsekiri Ẹ̀ká, {{inh|yo|alv-yrd-pro|*ɛ̀-ká}} Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-ká Head templates: {{head|yo|proper noun|head=Ìká|head2=}} Ìká, {{yo-pos|proper noun|Ìká}} Ìká, {{yo-prop|Ìká}} Ìká
  1. The eleventh principal sign of the Ifa divination system Related terms (principal signs of the Ifa divination system): ojú odù
    Sense id: en-Ika-yo-name-t5yxKJ-2 Categories (other): Yoruba religion Disambiguation of Yoruba religion: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of 'principal signs of the Ifa divination system': 64 18 18
  2. 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 Synonyms: àpólà Ìká
    Sense id: en-Ika-yo-name-UWZXakRj Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header, Yoruba religion Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 71 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 57 38 Disambiguation of Yoruba entries with incorrect language header: 8 56 36 Disambiguation of Yoruba religion: 33 33 34
  3. The eleventh chapter of the Odù Ifá corpus, and one of the major ojú odù Synonyms: Ìká méjì
    Sense id: en-Ika-yo-name-FgmMd~FX Categories (other): Yoruba religion Disambiguation of Yoruba religion: 33 33 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Ogbè, Ọ̀yẹ̀kú, Ìwòrì, Òdí, Ìrosùn, Ọ̀wọ́nrín, Ọ̀bàrà, Ọ̀kànràn, Ògúndá, Ọ̀sá, Ìká, Òtúúrúpọ̀n, Òtúrá, Ìrẹtẹ̀, Ọ̀sẹ́, Òfún
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      "name": "inh"
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      "word": "Ọ̀sá"
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        [
          "Ifa",
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          "_dis1": "64 18 18",
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          "odù Ifá",
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        {
          "word": "Ìká méjì"
        }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ì.ká/"
    }
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  "word": "Ika"
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    "Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid",
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    },
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  "pos": "name",
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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"
    },
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      "word": "Ọ̀kànràn"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ògúndá"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ọ̀sá"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ìká"
    },
    {
      "word": "Òtúúrúpọ̀n"
    },
    {
      "word": "Òtúrá"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ìrẹtẹ̀"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ọ̀sẹ́"
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      "word": "Òfún"
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        "The eleventh principal sign of the Ifa divination system"
      ],
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        [
          "Ifa",
          "Ifa"
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          "divination",
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    },
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          "Ìká méjì",
          "Ika meji#Yoruba"
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        "The eleventh chapter of the Odù Ifá corpus, and one of the major ojú odù"
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        {
          "word": "Ìká méjì"
        }
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    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ì.ká/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ika"
}

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