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yirratji

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
yir-ratji
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of bandicoot, Chaeropus yirratji, of arid central Australia.

Etymology

From Warlpiri yirratji.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

yirratjis (plural)

Questions

What does yirratji mean?
A species of bandicoot, Chaeropus yirratji, of arid central Australia.
Where does yirratji come from?
From Warlpiri yirratji.

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