Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kartu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: kar-tu
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a family of Australian Aboriginal languages of Western Australia.

Example Sentences

"Though Nhanda was first classified by O’Grady, Voegelin, and Voegelin (1966) as a Kartu language, where the Kartu subgroup included Badimaya, Malgana, Nhanda, Wajarri, and Yingkarta, the free pronouns of Nhanda suggest otherwise."

Etymology

From a Southwest Pama-Nyungan term meaning "man".

Inflected Forms

Kardu (alternative)

Phrases

Proto-Kartu

Questions

What does kartu mean?: Of a family of Australian Aboriginal languages of Western Australia.
Where does kartu come from?: From a Southwest Pama-Nyungan term meaning "man".

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