What nnukwu means
- nnukwu Adjective
- big / great / largeGoes before its noun: 'nnukwu oriri' = a great feast; 'nnukwu efere' = a big dish.
How to say it
Say it as ńnú-kwū. 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.
nnukwu in a sentence
- ngaji nnukwua big spoon
- Ha wetara nnukwu efere jupụtara n’anụ, ji, azụ, ofe na ọtụtụ nri dị ụtọ.They brought out large dishes filled with meat, yam, fish, soup and many other delicious foods.
- Otu ụbọchị, anụmanụ niile n’obodo ahụ nụrụ na a ga-enwe nnukwu oriri n’eluigwe.One day, all the animals in the town heard that there would be a great feast in the sky.