What okenye means
- okenye People and culture
- elder / adult / seniorElder or older person in Igbo culture.
How to say it
Say it as ó-kè-ńyè. 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. The recording is a native speaker.
okenye in a sentence
- Ana m ahọrọ okwu nkwanye ùgwù mgbe m na-agwa onye okenye okwu.I choose respectful words when I speak to an elder.