What ọkụkọ means
- ọkụkọ Animal
- chicken / fowlThe bird kept at home: 'àkwá ọkụkọ' = a chicken's egg.
How to say it
Say it as ọ̀-kụ́-kọ̀. 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.
ọkụkọ in a sentence
- oké ọkụkọ mmy cockerel
- oké ọkụkọ na nne ọkụkọa cockerel and a hen
- Oké ọkụkọ na-akwa ákwá.The cockerel is crowing.