What bọọ means
- bọọ Verb form
- dawn / break (of day)The wish form of 'bọ', to dawn: 'Ka ọ bọọ' - may it dawn, said in reply to 'Ka chi foo'. The same verb gives 'chi abọọ', the day breaks.
How to say it
Say it as bọ-ọ. 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.
bọọ in a sentence
- Ka ọ bọọgood night, in reply