Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

iomante

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: iomante
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Ainu ceremony in which a brown bear (or sometimes an owl) is raised for two years and then sacrificed.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese イヨマンテ.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: イヨマンテ

Inflected Forms

iyomante (alternative)

Questions

What does iomante mean?: An Ainu ceremony in which a brown bear (or sometimes an owl) is raised for two years and then sacrificed.
Where does iomante come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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