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Igbo word

mmanụ

In Igbo, mmanụ means oil / palm oil. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

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 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.

mmanụ in a sentence

  • Ilu bụ mmanụ ndị Igbo ji eri okwu.Proverbs are the oil the Igbo eat words with.