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Igbo word

akpa

In Igbo, akpa means bag / sack. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What akpa means

akpa Noun
bag / sackA container used to carry or store things.

How to say it

Say it as akpa. Keep every written vowel clear, including dotted vowels, without adding an English stress pattern.

Igbo is a tonal language, so the pitch of a word carries meaning. The spelling above keeps the marks the app teaches, and the recording is a native speaker, not a machine voice.

akpa in a sentence

  • N'otu mgbede, Mbe hụrụ akpa ji n'akụkụ ụzọ.One evening, Tortoise found a bag of yams beside the road.
  • Ha jụrụ ndị nọ n'ahịa ma onwe onye furu akpa ji.They asked the people at the market whether anyone had lost a bag of yams.
  • Ọ maghị onye nwe akpa ahụ, ya mere o kweghị iburu ya laa.He did not know who owned the bag, so he refused to take it home.