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Igbo word

nwayọọ

In Igbo, nwayọọ means slowly or gently. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What nwayọọ means

nwayọọ Tone and natural listening
slowly or gentlyUse it for doing something slowly or gently: gụọ ya nwayọọ, read it slowly.

How to say it

Say it as nwa-yọ-ọ. Keep nw together and make both dotted ọ vowels audible.

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.

nwayọọ in a sentence

  • nwayọọ bikoslowly please
  • Gụọ ya nwayọọ.Read it slowly.
  • Biko, jiri nwayọọ kwuo okwu.Please speak slowly.
  • Biko, gụọ ahịrịokwu ahụ nwayọọ.Please read that sentence slowly.