music

Propose an edit

Sign in or create an account to propose an edit. An editor reads every proposal before anything changes.

Add a pronunciation

Sign in or create an account to record a pronunciation. Recordings are reviewed by an editor before they are published — and a recording is credited to the person who made it.

Same spelling, different tones

These entries fold to the same letters once tone is removed, so a tone-blind search returns all of them.

• egwumusic; song; dance; play; entertainment; music; song; dance; play; entertainment
• òtiēgwūa person who performs music or plays musical instrument; musician; instrumentalist
• ọ̀kụegwumusician; someone who composes music or plays musical instruments
• òpìanimal horn; horn, pipe, used as musical instrument; horn (used as a musical instrument); flute; horn (instrument)
• ùbọmusical instrument with either strings or plucked tongues; (compare ogumogwū ); string instrument; guitar
• ùdùearthenware pot used for storing water; musical pot playing by slapping a hole in the side-wall with the flat of the hand; pot; clay pot; a one or two armed pot with a wide mouth, narrow neck and a big protruded spherical body mostly used for storing water
• gbukill; cut; chop; plant (tubers); blow (musical instrument)
• abìàmusic played on ìgbà ogwè, a tall standing drum, when great warriors die
• gbààto run; to shoot; to play (e.g. music); to dress
• nkwàpromise; an assurance that one will do something; promise; music (instrumental); beat
• nkonkoempty container; rectangular and portable igbo musical instrument carved from the wood with a hollow center