Ọkanran

== Yoruba == === Etymology === Possibly from ọ̀kàn (“heart, mind, soul”) +‎ ràn (“to help, to aid”), literally “The soul helps”, from a folk etymology. Cognate with Idoma Okana === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ̀.kã̀.ɾã̀/ === Proper noun === Ọ̀kànràn The eighth principal sign of the Ifa divination system The eighth of the àpólà or sixteen categories in the odù Ifá, consisting of the eighth principal chapter, (Ọ̀kànràn méjì) and the other fifteen chapters of Ọ̀kànràn Synonym: àpólà Ọ̀kànràn The eighth chapter of the Odù Ifá corpus, and one of the major ojú odù Synonym: Ọ̀kànràn méjì ==== See also ==== (principal signs of the Ifa divination system) ojú odù; Ogbè, Ọ̀yẹ̀kú, Ìwòrì, Òdí, Ìrosùn, Ọ̀wọ́nrín, Ọ̀bàrà, Ọ̀kànràn, Ògúndá, Ọ̀sá, Ìká, Òtúúrúpọ̀n, Òtúrá, Ìrẹtẹ̀, Ọ̀sẹ́, Òfún (Category: yo:Divination)