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mitmita

/mit.mit.ɑ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mit-mi-ta
IPA
/mit.mit.ɑ/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An orange-red spice mixture, usually consisting of chili peppers, cardamom, cloves and salt (and sometimes additional spices), which is used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Amharic ሚጥሚጣ (miṭmiṭa).

Usage

Questions

How do you pronounce mitmita?
The recorded pronunciation is /mit.mit.ɑ/.
What does mitmita mean?
An orange-red spice mixture, usually consisting of chili peppers, cardamom, cloves and salt (and sometimes additional spices), which is used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine.
Where does mitmita come from?
From Amharic ሚጥሚጣ (miṭmiṭa).

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