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Igbo word

iburu

In Igbo, iburu means to carry / to take away. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What iburu means

iburu Infinitive verb
to carry / to take awayInfinitive of ‘bu’ (carry) with the ‘-ru’ extension: ‘iburu ya laa’ - to carry it home.

How to say it

Say it as iburu. Keep every written vowel clear, including dotted vowels, without adding an English stress pattern.

Igbo is a tonal language, so the pitch of a word carries meaning. The spelling above keeps the marks the app teaches, and the recording is a native speaker, not a machine voice.

iburu in a sentence

  • Ọ maghị onye nwe akpa ahụ, ya mere o kweghị iburu ya laa.He did not know who owned the bag, so he refused to take it home.