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 tonal, so pitch can change a word’s meaning. The marks above show this reading. The recording is a native speaker.
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.
- Nwa ahụ na-ebe ákwá.That child is crying.