What eze means
- eze Home and routine
- toothUse it for a tooth: eze m, my tooth. Said with a different tune, the same letters name a king; the recording tells them apart.
How to say it
Say it as é-zē. Two short, even e vowels; copy the recorded pitch.
Igbo is tonal, so pitch can change a word’s meaning. The marks above show this reading.
eze in a sentence
- eze mmy tooth
- Eze m na-egbu m.My tooth hurts.
- Azụ bụ eze na mmiri.People shine where their abilities fit.
- Gidigidi bụ ugwu eze.A leader's standing comes from the people behind them.