Ndebe · Ńdébé
bụ
A syllable of the Ndebe syllabary: the body b with the vowel ụ.
The three tones
Tone is part of the character in Ndebe, not a mark added to it, so one syllable is written three different ways. These are the same shape family — the character on the left in each box is the one to learn first, and it is the form the chart shows.
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high tone
bụ
U+E55D
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mid tone
bụ
U+E55E
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low tone
bụ
U+E55F
Words that use it
Sixty of the Igbo entries here carry this syllable, shortest first. The Ndebe spelling is written under each word, and the syllable you are looking for is in it.
- bụ
- -bụ-
- abụ
- mbụ
- òbụ
- ùbụ
- ịbụ
- ọbụ
- abụọ
- bụsa
- bụta
- -bụkọ-
- -bụpù-
- -bụsa-
- -bụta-
- abụba
- abụbù
- abụbọ
- abụrụ
- abụzù
- yabụ̀
- òbụba
- òbụbọ
- òbụbụ
- ùbụlù
- ọbụlà
- ọbụna
- abụghị
- bụ isi
- chọbụ̄
- m̀bụrụ
- ò bụnā
- òbụbụū
- ọ bụla
- ọ bụrụ
- -bụ abụ-
- -bụ asọ-
- -bụ isi-
- -bụ ùbụ-
- -bụ ọnū-
- -bụkọdo-
- -bụsịsị-
- Chibụzọ
- abụ̀ọma
- bụ ākwā
- bụ ọnụ̄
- bụgbàdò
- dibụlọ̀
- ife mbụ
- ma ọ bụ
- m̀bụ̀ze
- ogē mbụ
- àbụmoke
- ǹke mbụ
- ụ̀bụrụ̀
- -bụ àkwa-
- -bụ ògbò-
- -bụgbàdo-
- Chibụīkē
- Ndùbụàkù