What it means
- àkwá Tone and natural listening
- eggUse it for an egg. The voice starts low and rises: à-kwá.
- àkwà Tone and natural listening
- bedUse it for a bed. Both syllables stay low: à-kwà.
- ákwà Tone and natural listening
- clothUse it for cloth. The voice starts high and falls: á-kwà.
- ákwá Tone and natural listening
- cry or cryingUse it for crying. Both syllables stay high: á-kwá.
- akwa Noun
- bed / cloth / egg / tearsBed, cloth, egg, or crying, depending on tone: àkwà, ákwà, àkwá, ákwá.
How to say it
Say it as à-kwá. Start low and move high; keep kw together.
Igbo is tonal, so pitch can change a word’s meaning. The marks above show this reading. The recording is a native speaker.
àkwá in a sentence
- Àkwá a dị mma.This egg is good.
- àkwà mmy bed
- ákwà mara mmabeautiful cloth
- Kwụsị ibe ákwá.Stop crying.