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Igbo word

hapụrụ

In Igbo, hapụrụ means left / abandoned. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What hapụrụ means

hapụrụ Past verb form
left / abandonedCompleted form of ‘hapụ’ (leave).

How to say it

Say it as hapụrụ. 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.

hapụrụ in a sentence

  • Otu nwatakịrị nụrụ aha ya ma cheta ụlọ ọ hapụrụ.A child heard her name and remembered the home she had left.
  • Mgbe afọ juru ya, ọ hapụrụ nnụnụ ndị ahụ naanị ntakịrị nri.When he was full, he left only a little food for the birds.