Vocabulary 2: The 20 Most Common Nouns in Igbo

Here's a list of the twenty most common nouns in Igbo. These are words that you hear every day, so learn them quickly and you'll be eavesdropping on Igbo conversations in no time.

#	Noun	Tone	Meaning	Listen
1.	Madụ	HIGH-LOW	Person / People	Madụ
2.	Nwa	HIGH	Baby / Child	Nwa
3.	Ụzọ	HIGH-LOW	Way / Path / Road	Ụzọ
4.	Ifẹ	HIGH-HIGH	Thing	Ifẹ
5.	Nwoke	HIGH-MID	Man	Nwoke
6.	Nwaanyi	MID-LOW	Woman	Nwaanyi
7.	Anya	HIGH-HIGH	Eye	Anya
8.	Aka	HIGH-HIGH	Hand	Aka
9.	Nni	HIGH-HIGH	Food	Nni
10.	Mili	HIGH-MID	Water	Mili
11.	Ẹbẹ	HIGH-HIGH	Place	Ẹbẹ
12.	Ndụ	HIGH-LOW	Life	Ndụ
13.	Arọ	HIGH-LOW	Year	Arọ
14.	Ọlụ	HIGH-HIGH	Work	Ọlụ
15.	Akwa	HIGH-LOW	Clothes / Cloth / Fabric	Akwa
16.	Nsogbu	HIGH-LOW-MID	Trouble / Problem	Nsogbu
17.	Afia	HIGH-HIGH	Market	Afia
18.	Ụnọ	HIGH-LOW	Building / House	Ụnọ
19.	Bẹ	HIGH	Home	Bẹ
20.	Ọnụ	HIGH-HIGH	Mouth	Ọnụ

Practically 70% of all Igbo spoken involves these nouns in some way, shape, or form. You can't go wrong learning these to start with.