Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tuo zaafi

/tuoˈzaːfi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tuo za-afi
IPA: /tuoˈzaːfi/

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A staple food, made with maize or millet flower, commonly eaten in northern Ghana.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Hausa tuo (“cooked flour”) + zaafi (“hot”).

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

TZ (alternative, abbreviation)

Questions

How do you pronounce tuo zaafi?: The recorded pronunciation is /tuoˈzaːfi/.
What does tuo zaafi mean?: A staple food, made with maize or millet flower, commonly eaten in northern Ghana.
Where does tuo zaafi come from?: Borrowed from Hausa tuo (“cooked flour”) + zaafi (“hot”).

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