Meaning of ose | Babel Free

Definitions

1. baobab tree, Adansonia digitata
2. week
3. foot, leg
   Ekiti
4. The double-headed axe of the orisha Ṣàngó, often represented in statues and figurines of Ṣàngó, similar to a labrys.
5. soap
6. baobab tree
7. Plants of the genus Tapinanthus
8. hissing, the act of hissing, the act of sucking one's teeth
9. The fifteenth principal sign of the Ifa divination system
10. day of the week in the traditional Yoruba 4-day week
11. The fifteenth of the àpólà or sixteen categories in the Odù Ifá, consisting of the fifteenth principal chapter, (Ọ̀sẹ́ méjì) and the other fifteen chapters of Ọ̀sẹ́.
12. The fifteenth chapter of the Odù Ifá corpus, and one of the major ojú odù
13. The spirit and divinity associated with the Ọ̀sẹ́ divination sign

Equivalents

Examples

“wọ́n gbé ẹbọ sí ìdí igi osè”

They placed the sacrifice at the base of the baobab tree

“Adé á pẹ́ nórí, bàtà á pẹ́ nọ́sẹ̀”

May the crown last long on the head, and the shoes long on the feet

“ọmọ oṣè kan mèyìn tị̀ là”

The child of the baobab tree one rests on to succeed/survive

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