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Igbo word

okenye

In Igbo, okenye means elder / adult / senior. Hear it spoken by a native Igbo speaker, and read it in real sentences.

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 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.

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.