What rutere means
- rutere Past verb
- arrived / reachedPast form of 'rute' (arrive).
How to say it
Say it as ru-te-re. 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.
rutere in a sentence
- Ndị ọbịa kelere ndị nwe ụlọ mgbe ha rutere.The guests greeted the hosts when they arrived.
- Mgbe ha rutere n’eluigwe, ndị nwe oriri ahụ nabatara ha nke ọma.When they arrived in the sky, the hosts welcomed them warmly.
- Mgbe ọ rutere n’ụwa, ọ gwara nwunye Mbe, “Di gị kwuru ka ị chịkọta nkume, osisi na ihe siri ike n’ala.”When he got back to earth, he told Tortoise’s wife, “Your husband said you should gather stones, wood and other hard things on the ground.”