What ụka means
- ụka Time and culture
- church / SundayChurch, and by extension the church day: 'ụbọchị ụka' = Sunday, and 'izu ụka' = the seven-day week, the week of church. Following 'mkparịta' the same spelling carries a different sense, talk or conversation.
How to say it
Say it as ụ́-kà. 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.
ụka in a sentence
- ụbọchị ụkaSunday
- Taa bụ ụbọchị ụka.Today is Sunday.
- Echi bụ ụbọchị ụka.Tomorrow is Sunday.
- Anyị na-akparịta ụka site na vidio kwa izu.We talk by video every week.