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sankofa bird

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables
sanko-fa bird
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Akan culture, a symbol representing a bird with head turned backwards and feet facing forward, carrying a precious egg in its mouth. It is associated with a proverb stating that it is not wrong to go back for something one has forgotten.

Inflected Forms

sankofa birds (plural)

Questions

What does sankofa bird mean?
In Akan culture, a symbol representing a bird with head turned backwards and feet facing forward, carrying a precious egg in its mouth. It is associated with a proverb stating that it is not wrong to go back for something one has forgotten.

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