embira
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "No hemp grew in the country, the wild palm afforded one substitute; and the bark of the embira supplied cordage and [...]"
- "page 459: [...] two right-angled notches prevented the caraguatá or embira string from slipping. page 535: The embira or caraguatá strings, were made taut or lax by twisting."
- "page 259: Alfred R. Wallace (1853) says that they were made of three strips of embira, [...] page 287: Boys 8 to 12, who do not yet use the penis sheath, wear under their buriti belts two fringed embira aprons, one over the other."
- "The floor beams are 10 cm x 15 cm (4 in x 6 in) in diameter and are tied with embira (bast fibre). When the structure of sticks has been set up the mixture of earth and manure is spread on it by hand."