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Igbo word

akụkụ

In Igbo, akụkụ means side / part / beside. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What akụkụ means

akụkụ Place and direction
side / part / besideSide or margin ('n'akụkụ ụzọ' = beside the road).

How to say it

Say it as á-kụ̀-kụ̀. 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.

akụkụ in a sentence

  • n'akụkụ ụzọbeside the road
  • n'akụkụ ụlọbeside the house
  • Ọ nọ n'akụkụ ụzọ.She is beside the road.
  • N'otu mgbede, Mbe hụrụ akpa ji n'akụkụ ụzọ.One evening, Tortoise found a bag of yams beside the road.