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kodava

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ko-da-va
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the ethnic Coorg Community.

name

A Dravidian language spoken in the Kodagu district of Karnataka, India.

Etymology

Borrowed from Kodava ಕೊಡವ (koḍava).

Inflected Forms

Kodavas (plural) Codava (alternative)

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Kodava terms

Frequently Paired Words

Badaga Kannada Tamil Wiktionary’s coverage of Kodava terms

Synonyms

Coorgi Kodagu

Questions

What does kodava mean?
A member of the ethnic Coorg Community.
Where does kodava come from?
Borrowed from Kodava ಕೊಡವ (koḍava).

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