Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kaniwa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kani-wa
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A goosefoot of species Chenopodium pallidicaule, native to the Andean region, and similar in character and uses to the closely related quinoa.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cañihua, from Quechua qañiwa.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: cañihua, qañiwa

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

kañiwa (alternative) canihua (alternative) cañihua (alternative) cañahua (alternative)

Questions

What does kaniwa mean?: A goosefoot of species Chenopodium pallidicaule, native to the Andean region, and similar in character and uses to the closely related quinoa.
Where does kaniwa come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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