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vontsira

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vontsira
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the subfamily Galidiinae of small, brown, mongoose-like mammals, from Madagascar.

Etymology

Etymology tree Swahili nguchirobor. Malagasy vontsira English vontsira From Malagasy vontsira (“several similar mongoose-like animals”), borrowed from Swahili nguchiro.

Inflected Forms

vontsiras (plural)

Questions

What does vontsira mean?
Any member of the subfamily Galidiinae of small, brown, mongoose-like mammals, from Madagascar.
Where does vontsira come from?
Etymology tree Swahili nguchirobor. Malagasy vontsira English vontsira From Malagasy vontsira (“several similar mongoose-like animals”), borrowed from Swahili nguchiro.

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