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Igbo word

puku

In Igbo, puku means one thousand. See how it is said, syllable by syllable, and read it in real sentences.

What puku 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.

How to say it

Say it as pu-ku. Use two short, even syllables.

Igbo is a tonal language, so the pitch of a word carries meaning. The spelling above keeps the marks the app teaches, and the recording is a native speaker, not a machine voice.

puku in a sentence

  • puku iriten thousand
  • puku na narịone thousand one hundred