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Igbo word

nwanyị

In Igbo, nwanyị means woman / female. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What nwanyị means

nwanyị People and gender
woman / femaleFemale person ('nwanne nwanyị' = sister).

How to say it

Say it as nwa-nyị. 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.

nwanyị in a sentence

  • nwanne nwanyịsister or female sibling
  • nwanne m nwanyịmy sister
  • Nke a bụ nwanne m nwanyị.This is my sister.