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Igbo word

nwa

In Igbo, nwa means child / offspring. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What nwa means

nwa People and noun
child / offspringA child ('nwa akwụkwọ' = student, lit. child of the book/paper).

How to say it

Say it as nwá. 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.

nwa in a sentence

  • nwa ahụthat child
  • Ị bụ nwa akwụkwọ?Are you a student?
  • Ákwá nwa ahụ kwụsịrị mgbe nne ya bịara.The child's crying stopped when the mother arrived.