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Igbo word

ọgwụ

In Igbo, ọgwụ means medicine. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

What ọgwụ means

ọgwụ Health and care
medicineUse it for medicine: Ṅụọ ọgwụ, take the medicine. ụlọ ọgwụ is a hospital.

How to say it

Say it as ọ-gwụ. Start with dotted ọ, keep gw together, and finish with dotted ụ.

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.

ọgwụ in a sentence

  • ụlọ ọgwụhospital or clinic
  • Nye m ọgwụ.Give me the medicine.
  • Ṅụọ ọgwụ ahụ.Take the medicine.
  • Ana m aga ụlọ ọgwụ.I am going to the hospital.