What it means
- puku Social life
- one thousandUse this after a counted noun, as in puku naira. Standard Igbo counts in tens, so only addition builds a larger number.
- pụkụ Numeral
- thousand (1000)Means “thousand (1000)”.
How to say it
Say it as pú-kú. Use two short, even syllables.
Igbo is tonal, so pitch can change a word’s meaning. The marks above show this reading.
puku in a sentence
- puku iriten thousand
- puku na narịone thousand one hundred