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chaga

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
cha-ga
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal region of the Northern hemisphere, Inonotus obliquus.

Uncountable

noun

The irregular conk of this fungus, used in East European folk medicine to treat a number of conditions.

Uncountable

noun

Bantu-speaking indigenous Africans comprising the third-largest ethnic group in Tanzania.

name

A Bantu dialect continuum spoken by these people.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Permic *čak Komi-Zyrian тшак (čak)bor. Russian ча́га (čága)bor. English chaga Borrowed from Russian ча́га (čága), Komi-Zyrian тшак (čak, “mushroom, growth”).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Chagga (alternative) WaChaga (alternative) Wachagga (alternative)

Synonyms

Kichaga Kichagga chaga mushroom chagga chaga language chagga language kichaga language

Questions

What does chaga mean?
A parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal region of the Northern hemisphere, Inonotus obliquus.
Where does chaga come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Permic *čak Komi-Zyrian тшак (čak)bor. Russian ча́га (čága)bor. English chaga Borrowed from Russian ча́га (čága), Komi-Zyrian тшак (čak, “mushroom, growth”).

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