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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 tonal, so pitch can change a word’s meaning. The marks above show this reading. The recording is a native speaker.

ọgwụ in a sentence

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