Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/ɪ́-fá

Etymology
Ifa divination extends to Proto-Volta-Niger, where the sixteen combination divination exists across almost all languages and cultures of. Ultimately proposed to be from the root, likely associated with divination or pods. Cognates include in Edoid, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬; in Gbe, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬; in Nupoid, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬; 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. The Proto-Yoruboid system of divination is most related to the system of divination, not the current use of  and  divination by current Yoruboid peoples.

Noun

 * 1) a complex system of divination involving the use of shells and pods to make combinations of 16; divination oracle

Proper noun

 * 1) the spirit or deity associated with divination, wisdom, and the oracle