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Yoruba

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Cardinal: ẹ̀rìndínlógún     Counting: ẹẹ́rìndínlógún     Adjectival: mẹ́rìndínlógún     Ordinal: kẹrìndínlógún

Etymology

Compound of ẹ̀rin +‎ dín +‎ ní +‎ ogún, literally “four reduced from twenty”. Compare Edo enẹ́irrọ́vbugiè and Ifè mɛ́ɛdógú òŋú ɔ̀kã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.ɾĩ̀.dĩ́.ló.ɡṹ/

Numeral

ẹ̀rìndínlógún

1. sixteen

Derived terms

• ẹẹ́rìndínlógún (“four, counting/long form”)
• ẹgbẹ̀rìndínlógún (“thirty-two hundred”)
• ẹ̀kẹrìndínlógún (“sixteenth”)
• (very rare) ẹ̀rẹ̀ẹ̀rìndínlógún (“all sixteen”)
• mẹ́rìndínlógún (“sixteen, adjectival form”)

 

Descendants

• Lucumí: erilogún

Noun

ẹ̀rìndínlógún

1. (Ìṣẹ̀ṣe) a form of divination consisting of the casting of sixteen cowries (ẹyọ). It is primarily by all priests of the orisha; with the exception of babalawos (Ifá priests to divinate to their respective orishas (ex. Èṣù, Ọbàtálá), however, the tool can still be used to consult Ifá. It also consists of a different order of the Odù (in comparison to the Odù Ifá). (For example, the first Odù from the ẹ̀rìndínlógún is Ọ̀kànràn, as opposed to the Ejì Ogbè in the Odù Ifá)

   Synonym: idáṣà

Usage notes

• The equivalent divination tool among babalawos and Ifa worshippers are the ikin and ọ̀pẹ̀lẹ̀.

Related terms

• ikin
• ọ̀pẹ̀lẹ̀

Descendants

• Lucumí: diloggún