Ndebe · Ńdébé
nwu
A syllable of the Ndebe syllabary: the body nw with the vowel u.
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
nwu
U+E518
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mid tone
nwu
U+E519
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low tone
nwu
U+E51A
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.
- nwu
- -nwu-
- -nwù-
- anwū
- ònwu
- -nwù---
- fùnwu
- -fùnwu-
- -gụnwù-
- -lụnwù-
- -nwupù-
- -nwusà-
- -nwùta-
- -sụnwù-
- anwùlị
- nnwutē
- nwunye
- -nwugha-
- na-enwu-
- nwu ọkụ
- onwunwe
- ònwunwe
- ònwunwu
- ònwùnwà
- ònwùnwè
- ònwùnwò
- -nwulàpù-
- -ra anwū-
- anyaanwū
- ebulinwu
- nwu gbàà
- oke anwū
- ọjì anwū
- ụnò anwū
- -kpọ anwū-
- -nwu enwu-
- -nwu gbàà-
- -nwuchapù-
- -nwù ọnwù-
- enwu enwu
- lụ nwunyè
- ndị nwufù
- nwunyèedī
- nwunyē di
- àkpà anwū
- òche anwū
- -fùnwu ọkụ-
- -nwulu ọkụ-
- -nụ nwunyè-
- ego nwunyè
- ife nnwùta
- isi anwūlù
- mmanụ anwū
- nne nwunyè
- nwunyè nnà
- (anwū) -cha() -
- -cha n'anwū- '
- fụ̀nwu ọkụ̄
- iru anyanwū
- mkpò anwūlù