What it means
- otú Grammar and connector
- how / the way in whichManner or way in which something happened ('otú obodo ahụ si gbanwee').
- otu Market and movement
- oneUse it before the thing you count: otu ụlọ, one house. Every other number comes after the thing.
How to say it
Say it as o-tu. 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.
otú in a sentence
- otu ụlọone house
- iri na otueleven
- Ọ bụ maka otu?Is it for one?
- elekere iri na otueleven o'clock