What ilu means
- ilu Oral literature
- proverbUse this for a proverb; keep who said it and what it meant there.
How to say it
Say it as i-lu. Use two even syllables and copy the recorded pitch.
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.
ilu in a sentence
- ilu IgboIgbo proverb
- Ilu bụ mmanụ ndị Igbo ji eri okwu.Proverbs are the oil the Igbo eat words with.
- Ilu ahụ na-akụzi na ndidi na-eweta ezigbo ihe.The proverb teaches that patience brings good things.