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Igbo word

gburugburu

In Igbo, gburugburu means around / surrounding area. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What gburugburu means

gburugburu Place and modifier
around / surrounding areaMarks the area around someone or something.

How to say it

Say it as gburugburu. 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. The recording is a native speaker.

gburugburu in a sentence

  • N'abalị ọnwa, onye na-akọ akụkọ kpọrọ ụmụaka ka ha nọdụ gburugburu ya.On a moonlit night, the storyteller invited the children to sit around him.