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hokan

/ˈhoʊkæn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables
hokan
IPA
/ˈhoʊkæn/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A hypothetical grouping of a dozen small language families spoken in California, Arizona, and Mexico.

Etymology

From Atsugewi hoqi. While the first proposals by Dixon and Kroeber rested on very limited cognate sets comprising only five words, later assessments by Sapir included hundreds of putative cognate sets and analyses of Hokan morphosyntax.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈhoʊkæn/

Derived Forms

Hokanist

Synonyms

hoka

Questions

How do you pronounce hokan?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhoʊkæn/.
What does hokan mean?
A hypothetical grouping of a dozen small language families spoken in California, Arizona, and Mexico.
Where does hokan come from?
From Atsugewi hoqi. While the first proposals by Dixon and Kroeber rested on very limited cognate sets comprising only five words, later assessments by Sapir included hundreds of putative cognate sets and analyses of Hokan morphosyntax.

How to pronounce hokan

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