What amụ means
- amụ Verb form and noun
- learning / studying (a language) / penis / laughterAfter 'Ana m' or 'na-' it is the ongoing form of 'mụ' (learn/study): 'Ana m amụ asụsụ Igbo' = I am learning the Igbo language. On its own it is also a noun: the male sex organ, and in some dialects laughter (more widely 'ọchị').
How to say it
Say it as á-mụ̀. 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.
amụ in a sentence
- Ana m amụ Igbo.I am learning Igbo.
- Ana m amụ asụsụ Igbo.I am learning the Igbo language.