Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kurumba

/kʊɹʊmbə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ku-rum-ba
IPA: /kʊɹʊmbə/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of an indigenous community in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.

name

A group of Southern Dravidian languages of the Tamil–Kannada subgroup spoken by these people.

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil குறும்பா (kuṟumpā).

Inflected Forms

Kurumbas (plural) Kuruba (alternative) Kuruma (alternative) Kurumbar (alternative) Kurubaru (alternative) Kurumar (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce kurumba?: The recorded pronunciation is /kʊɹʊmbə/.
What does kurumba mean?: A member of an indigenous community in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.
Where does kurumba come from?: Borrowed from Tamil குறும்பா (kuṟumpā).

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