Akorah
/Akọ-ọra/
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The wisdomThe Igbo word for wisdom is a compound word Akọ-na-Uche because "wisdom" in Igbo isn't just "knowing things"- amamihe; it's the union of sound judgment (uche) with the disciplined, appropriate expression of it (akọ). The root word for "Akọ" is kọ/ịkọ meaning "to tell", like in ịkọ akụkọ (to tell/narrate a story) or in ịkọ ọnụ (to insult/abuse). Akọ is also seen in the expression, 'Agbụsị gbaa otule ọmụrụ akọ'. Akọ can better be translated as discernment or propriety in speech. Akọ is fundamentally about how one uses words, whether to narrate skillfully, to wound precisely, or to conduct oneself with restraint. of the people
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