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Igbo word

niile

In Igbo, niile means all / every / whole. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What niile means

niile Quantifier
all / every / wholeAll or whole ('ọnọdụ niile' = every context/situation).

How to say it

Say it as níī-lē. 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.

niile in a sentence

  • Okwu a enweghị otu ntụgharị dabara n'ọnọdụ niile.This word has no single translation that fits every context.
  • Tupu akụkọ ahụ agwụ, ha niile kwughachiri ahịrịokwu mbụ ahụ.Before the story ended, they all repeated the opening line.
  • Agwara m ya na nkọwa m chekwara isi ozi ahụ, ma ọ chekwaghị ụda okwu niile.I told her that my explanation preserved the main message but not every nuance.