Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kookum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kookum
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

grandmother (among the Cree people)

Example Sentences

"My Kookum was a storyteller and all the stories she told were told in Cree."

Etymology

From Cree [Term?].

Inflected Forms

kookums (plural)

Questions

What does kookum mean?: grandmother (among the Cree people)
Where does kookum come from?: From Cree [Term?].

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