What mmanụ means
- mmanụ Food and noun
- oil / palm oilOil, and palm oil in particular: 'Ilu bụ mmanụ ndị Igbo ji eri okwu' - proverbs are the oil the Igbo eat words with.
How to say it
Say it as ḿmá-nụ́. 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.
mmanụ in a sentence
- Ilu bụ mmanụ ndị Igbo ji eri okwu.Proverbs are the oil the Igbo eat words with.
- Ọkụkọ ụlọ anaghị aha mmanụ.Familiar things may not bring the reward you expect.
- Aka ajaaja na-ebute ọnụ mmanụ mmanụ.Hard work can bring food and reward.