What is 1,000 in Igbo?

1,000 in Igbo

puku

Hear it in a sentence

Ee, ọ zuru achịcha puku abụọ na itoolu.

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How 1,000 is built in Igbo

puku means 1,000.

Traditional base-20 form

nnu abụọ na ogu iri

The older base-20 system counts in ogu (20) and nnu (400).

nnu abụọ (800) + ogu iri (200) = 1,000.

1,000 in the other Nigerian languages

1,000 in Yorùbáẹgbẹ̀rún 1,000 in Hausadubu

Nearby numbers in Igbo

700narị asaa 800narị asatọ 900narị itoolu 2,000puku abụọ 5,000puku ise 10,000puku iri

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These forms are generated from the counting rules of each language and are still awaiting native-speaker review. Numeral words vary by region and by source.