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Igbo word

gụọ

In Igbo, gụọ means read or count. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What gụọ means

gụọ Work and study
read or countUse it for reading. The same word covers counting when there are numbers involved.

How to say it

Say it as gụ-ọ. Keep dotted ụ and dotted ọ distinct across the vowel boundary.

Igbo is tonal, so pitch can change a word’s meaning. The marks above show this reading. The recording is a native speaker.

gụọ in a sentence

  • Gụọ ya.Read it.
  • Gụọ ya nwayọọ.Read it slowly.
  • Biko, gụọ ahịrịokwu ahụ nwayọọ.Please read that sentence slowly.