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Igbo word

mmalite

In Igbo, mmalite means beginning / start / origin. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What mmalite means

mmalite Noun and structure
beginning / start / originStart or commencement ('mmalite akụkọ' = beginning of a story).

How to say it

Say it as ḿmà-lí-té. 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.

mmalite in a sentence

  • mmalite akụkọbeginning of a story
  • isi mmalite abụọtwo sources
  • Isi mmalite abụọ ahụ ekwekọghị n'ihe mere n'afọ ahụ.The two sources did not agree about what happened that year.
  • Ma akwụkwọ ndekọ obodo dere afọ 1984 dị ka afọ mmalite.But the community record gives 1984 as the starting year.