Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

katauta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: katau-ta
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A particular kind of Japanese poem, having a 5-7-7 meter and forming half of an exchange of two poems.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 片歌.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 片歌

Inflected Forms

katautas (plural)

Questions

What does katauta mean?: A particular kind of Japanese poem, having a 5-7-7 meter and forming half of an exchange of two poems.
Where does katauta come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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