What osimiri means
- osimiri Nature and place
- river / sea / large body of waterRiver or large body of water.
How to say it
Say it as ò-sì-mì-rì. 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.
osimiri in a sentence
- N'oge gara aga, otu nwaanyị bi n'akụkụ osimiri.Long ago, a woman lived beside a river.
- N'abalị, osimiri chekwara aha ndị gafere n'akụkụ ya.At night, the river kept the names of those who passed beside it.
- N'edemede a, osimiri nwere ike ịnọchite anya ebe ncheta na njem jikọrọ.In this text, the river may represent the meeting of memory and journey.