What osisi means
- osisi Nature and noun
- tree / wood / fruit treeA tree or its timber ('mkpụrụ osisi' = fruit, lit. seed of the tree).
How to say it
Say it as ò-sì-sì. 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.
osisi in a sentence
- mkpụrụ osisifruit
- Achọrọ m ịzụta mkpụrụ osisi atọ.I want to buy three pieces of fruit.
- Otu osisi adịghị eme oke ọhịa.One person alone cannot do everything a community can do.
- Nkume tegoro osisi, ụjọ ejide ite.An impossible-looking event can unsettle everyone.