What akara means
- akara Noun
- sign / mark / symbolSign or symbol ('akara ụzọ' = road sign).
How to say it
Say it as a-ka-ra. Keep every written vowel clear, including dotted vowels, without adding an English stress pattern.
Igbo is tonal, so pitch can change a word’s meaning. The marks above show this reading. The recording is a native speaker.
akara in a sentence
- akara ụzọroad or direction sign
- Akara ụzọ ahụ kwuru na anyị ga-atụgharị aka nri.The road sign said that we should turn right.
- Ọ bụ ya mere, dịka akụkọ ndị nna nna anyị si kwuo, azụ Mbe ji nwee akara na ahịrị dị iche iche ruo taa.And that, our ancestors say, is why tortoises have marks and lines on their shells to this day.