Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ngawha

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ngawha
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A boiling spring.

New Zealand usage

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori ngāwhā (“geyser, fumarole, hot spring”).

Word Breakdown

Root: ngāwhā

Usage

New Zealand usage

Inflected Forms

ngawhas (plural)

Questions

What does ngawha mean?: A boiling spring.
Where does ngawha come from?: Borrowed from Māori ngāwhā (“geyser, fumarole, hot spring”).

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