lumad
/luˈmʌd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of the indigenous non-Muslim peoples of Mindanao in the Philippines.
adj
Of, or pertaining to the said group.
Example Sentences
- "The Mindanao Lumad are non-Muslim groups throughout the island, while in the Cordillera of northern Luzon there are roughly one million indigenous inhabitants belonging to seven major and several minor ethnolinguistic groups."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /luˈmʌd/
- British English: /luːˈmʌd/