Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

galamah

/ˌɡæləˈmɑ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: galamah
IPA: /ˌɡæləˈmɑ/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Uncountable

Etymology

From Neapolitan calamad, compare Italian and Sicilian calamari. Doublet of calamari. Other words attributed to Italian Americans, like gabagool and rigot, also exhibit voicing of /p t k/ in the source language, and elision of final -i, -o and -a.

Word Breakdown

Root: calamad

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

galamad (alternative) galama (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce galamah?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɡæləˈmɑ/.
What does galamah mean?: Calamari.
Where does galamah come from?: From Neapolitan calamad, compare Italian and Sicilian calamari. Doublet of calamari. Other words attributed to Italian Americans, like gabagool and rigot, also exhibit voicing of /p t k/ in the source language, and elision of final -i, -o and -a.

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