Nkọwa okwu · Igbo wordsIgbo words and what they mean
Every word has a page with its meaning, how it breaks into syllables, the sentences it is really used in, and a native speaker saying it.
Okwu ọ bụla · Everyday words
If you’re starting, start here. Each of these is a word you’ll use in an ordinary day.
- abụọtwo
- agaghịwill not
- ahaname
- ahụbody
- akụkọstory, account, or news
- akwụkwọbook, paper, or written material
- anọfour
- asaaseven
- asatọeight
- echitomorrow
- enyifriend
- gụọread or count
- hathey, them or their
- iriten
- isihead
- Kedu?How are you? / Hello?
- kwesịrịshould, ought to, or be suitable
- mmiriwater
- NdeewoHello / Greetings
- nnafather
- nrifood
- ọjịkola nut
- rahụto sleep
- saawash or bathe
Mkpụrụ edemede · By letter
Every word in the dictionary, a letter at a time. Ch, gb, gw, kp, kw, nw, ny and sh are letters of their own in Igbo, so they have their own pages.
Phrases · How to say it in Igbo
Hello, thank you, good morning, I love you: everyday phrases with a native speaker saying each one.
Aha · Names and what they mean
Names you’ll hear in Igbo families, and what each one says. Many are whole sentences: Chinelo is “God thinks”.
- AdaFirst daughter
- AdaezeDaughter of a king
- AdannaHer father's daughter
- AdaobiDaughter of the house
- AdaugoDaughter of an eagle
- AkachiGod's hand
- AmakaShe is beautiful
- AmaraGrace
- AmarachiGod's grace
- BuchiShort for Onyebuchi: who is God?
- ChiagozieMay God bless
- ChiamakaGod is beautiful
- ChibuzoGod is the way
- ChideraWhat God has written
- ChidiGod exists
Hear them in a lesson, not a list
Asụsụ Ọma teaches these words in short lessons with the same native-speaker audio, and remembers what you’ve practised. It is free.