What mara means
- mara Verb form
- is beautiful / looks goodCarried by ‘mma’: ‘Ákwà ahụ mara mma’ - that cloth is beautiful. Said alone, ‘mara’ is the completed form of ‘ma’ (know).
How to say it
Say it as mara. 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.
mara in a sentence
- mara mmais beautiful
- ákwà mara mmabeautiful cloth
- Ákwà ọhụrụ ahụ mara mma nke ukwuu.That new cloth is very beautiful.
- Ifuru mara mma.The flower is beautiful.