Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yampah

/ˈjæmpə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yam-pah
IPA: /ˈjæmpə/

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Perideridia of plants in the parsley family, native to western North America, with umbels of white flowers, especially Perideridia gairdneri, which has an edible root.

Example Sentences

"At this place I became first acquainted with the yampah (anethum graveolens,) which I found our Snake woman engaged in digging in the low timbered bottom of the creek."

Etymology

From Shoshone yampa.

Word Breakdown

Root: yampa

Inflected Forms

yampahs (plural) yampa (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce yampah?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjæmpə/.
What does yampah mean?: Any of the genus Perideridia of plants in the parsley family, native to western North America, with umbels of white flowers, especially Perideridia gairdneri, which has an edible root.
Where does yampah come from?: From Shoshone yampa.

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