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Igbo word

nwe

In Igbo, nwe means owner / have. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What nwe means

nwe Verb and noun
owner / haveOwner ('ndị nwe ụlọ' = hosts / house owners) or have.

How to say it

Say it as ńwé. 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.

nwe in a sentence

  • Ndị ọbịa kelere ndị nwe ụlọ mgbe ha rutere.The guests greeted the hosts when they arrived.
  • Ọ maghị onye nwe akpa ahụ, ya mere o kweghị iburu ya laa.He did not know who owned the bag, so he refused to take it home.
  • Mbe kpọrọ ndị enyi ya ka ha nyere ya aka ịchọta onye nwe ya.Tortoise called his friends to help him find its owner.