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Igbo word

apụọ

In Igbo, apụọ means left / went out. See how it is said, syllable by syllable, and read it in real sentences.

What apụọ means

apụọ Verb form
left / went outCompleted dependent form of ‘pụ’ (leave or go out).

How to say it

Say it as apụọ. 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.

apụọ in a sentence

  • Tupu Chika apụọ, ọ gwara anyị ebe ọ na-aga.Before Chika left, she told us where she was going.
  • Tupu ha apụọ, Mbe gwara ha, “Ọ bụ omenala ka ndị a kpọrọ n’oriri dị otu a họrọ aha ọhụrụ.Before they set off, Tortoise told them, “It is customary for guests invited to a feast like this to take new names.