What ọhịa means
- ọhịa Place
- bush / forest / farmlandThe uncleared land outside a town: 'n'etiti ọhịa' = in the middle of the bush.
How to say it
Say it as ọ́-hị́-á. Keep every written vowel clear, including dotted vowels, without adding an English stress pattern.
Igbo is tonal, so pitch can change a word’s meaning. The marks above show this reading.
ọhịa in a sentence
- Agwọ dị n’ọhịa.There is a snake in the bush.
- Otu osisi adịghị eme oke ọhịa.One person alone cannot do everything a community can do.
- Otu mgbe, n’otu obodo nta dị n’etiti ọhịa, Mbe na Udele bụ ezigbo enyi.Once upon a time, in a small town deep in the forest, Tortoise and Vulture were good friends.