Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kashaya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kashaya
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A native Californian people who traditionally live on the Sonoma County coastline, who are a subgroup of the Pomo people.

name

The language these people speak.

noun

Robes of fully ordained monks and nuns

Uncountable

noun

Passion; strong feelings produced by a person's soul out of worldly attachments.

Uncountable

noun

An herbal decoction.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Kashaya kʼahša·ya (“skillful; expert gambler”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Kashia (alternative)

Questions

What does kashaya mean?
A native Californian people who traditionally live on the Sonoma County coastline, who are a subgroup of the Pomo people.
Where does kashaya come from?
It is traced to Proto-Indo-European.

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