"ikin" meaning in Yoruba

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          "english": "A Yoruba chieftancy title whose responsibility it is to keeps a close watch on the ikin",
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        "sacred palm nuts that are used as divination tools in the consulting of Ifa by babalawos. The using of the ikin is reserved for highly important ceremonies (such as during a Àkọsẹ̀jayé) and is how priests determine the signature of an odù Ifá."
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        "The plant Megathyrsus maximus"
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          "word": "ikín ìrùkẹ̀"
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