Meaning of odi | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The fourth principal sign of the Ifa divination system
2. opposite or converse of something; negative
3. grudge, malice, feud
4. class of royal messengers
   historical
5. anger, range
6. wall, fortress; (especially) walls around a city or town
7. deaf and or mute person
8. heavy bunch of fruit
9. The fourth of the àpólà or sixteen categories in the odù Ifá, consisting of the fourth principal chapter, (Òdí méjì) and the other fifteen chapters of Òdí.
10. antonym
11. The fourth chapter of the odù Ifá corpus, and one of the major ojú odù
12. antithesis
13. The spirit associated with the Òdí sign, he is believed to have born in a place near Ìlọrin
14. wrong side, deviance, aberration

Examples

“O ti wọ òdì aṣọ.”

You've worn your clothes inside out.

“wọ́n ń ṣe odì pẹ̀lú ara wọn”

They were having malice towards one another

“ọmọ yẹ́n fa òdí yọ”

That child responded with anger

“ọmọ́ ti ya odi”

The child has become deaf

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