Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arawakanist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: arawakanist
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A linguist who specialises in studying Arawakan languages.

Example Sentences

"My sincere acknowledgements are extended to the Arawakanists whose work built a foundation for my research: […]"
"The creation of a large comparative wordlist and cognate sets for this group of Arawak will advance a reconstruction of the phonological inventory of proto-CNA, moving a phonological reconstruction for proto-Arawak up a branch in the tree. Additionally, collaboration with other Arawakanists in creating similar datasets for other branches of Arawak will eventually allow for a much larger-scale lexical phylogenetic analysis."

Etymology

From Arawakan + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Arawakan

Inflected Forms

Arawakanists (plural)

Questions

What does arawakanist mean?: A linguist who specialises in studying Arawakan languages.
Where does arawakanist come from?: From Arawakan + -ist.

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