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taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

[ˈtau.ma.ta.faka.ta.ŋi.ha.ŋaˌkɔ.au.au.ɔ.ta.ma.te.a.tu.ɾi.pʉ.ka.ka.pi.ki.mau.ŋa.ho.ɾo.nʉ.kʉ.pɔ.kai.fe.nʉ.a.ki.ta.na.ta.hʉ]

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Tau-ma-ta-whaka-ta-ngi-ha-nga-ko-au-au-o-ta-ma-te-a-tu-ri-pu-ka-ka-pi-ki-mau-nga-ho-ro-nu-ku-po-kai-whe-nu-a-ki-ta-na-ta-hu
IPA: [ˈtau.ma.ta.faka.ta.ŋi.ha.ŋaˌkɔ.au.au.ɔ.ta.ma.te.a.tu.ɾi.pʉ.ka.ka.pi.ki.mau.ŋa.ho.ɾo.nʉ.kʉ.pɔ.kai.fe.nʉ.a.ki.ta.na.ta.hʉ]

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"If you thought Wytrzyszczka was a mouthful, wait till you try saying Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu."

Borrowed from Māori taumata-whakatangi-hanga-kōauau-o-Tamatea-turi-pūkaka-piki-maunga-horo-nuku-pōkai-whenua-ki-tāna-tahu (“The hill where (the ancestor) Tamatea with the bony knees, who climbed mountains and travelled swiftly across the land, played his flute to his beloved”).

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How do you pronounce taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu?: The recorded pronunciation is [ˈtau.ma.ta.faka.ta.ŋi.ha.ŋaˌkɔ.au.au.ɔ.ta.ma.te.a.tu.ɾi.pʉ.ka.ka.pi.ki.mau.ŋa.ho.ɾo.nʉ.kʉ.pɔ.kai.fe.nʉ.a.ki.ta.na.ta.hʉ].
What does taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu mean?: A hill near Pōrangahau, in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
Where does taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu come from?: Borrowed from Māori taumata-whakatangi-hanga-kōauau-o-Tamatea-turi-pūkaka-piki-maunga-horo-nuku-pōkai-whenua-ki-tāna-tahu (“The hill where (the ancestor) Tamatea with the bony knees, who climbed mountains and travelled swiftly across the land, played his flute to his beloved”).

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