Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

itongo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
iton-go
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ancestral spirit.

Etymology

Borrowed from Zulu ithongo.

Inflected Forms

amatongo (plural)

Questions

What does itongo mean?
An ancestral spirit.
Where does itongo come from?
Borrowed from Zulu ithongo.

How to pronounce itongo

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