What onye means
- onye First contact
- personUse it for a person: onye ọbịa is a guest. At the front of a question the same word also asks who.
How to say it
Say it as o-nye. Keep ny together in the second syllable.
Igbo is tonal, so pitch can change a word’s meaning. The marks above show this reading. The recording is a native speaker.
onye in a sentence
- onye athis person
- ọrụ onye ọbịathe guest's role
- Onye ka ị bụ?Who are you?
- Onye bụ nke a?Who is this?