What it means
- ụkwụ Home and routine
- leg or footOne word for the leg and the foot: ụkwụ m, my leg.
- ukwu Sentence power
- bigIt comes after the thing it describes: Ehi dị ukwu, the cow is big. Say nnukwu when the word comes in front of the thing.
How to say it
Say it as ụ́-kwụ́. Both vowels are dotted; keep kw together.
Igbo is tonal, so pitch can change a word’s meaning. The marks above show this reading.
ụkwụ in a sentence
- ụkwụ mmy leg
- Ehi dị ukwu.The cow is big.
- mwute dị ukwugreat sadness
- Ụlọ ya dị ukwu.His house is big.