Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

matamata

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: mata-ma-ta
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A side-necked turtle of species Chelus fimbriata, whose shell resembles a dead leaf.

name

A town in Waikato, North Island, New Zealand.

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese matamatá, from Nheengatu and Old Tupi matamatá.

Word Breakdown

Root: matamatá

Inflected Forms

matamatas (plural) mata mata (alternative) matamata turtle (alternative) mata mata turtle (alternative)

Questions

What does matamata mean?: A side-necked turtle of species Chelus fimbriata, whose shell resembles a dead leaf.
Where does matamata come from?: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese matamatá, from Nheengatu and Old Tupi matamatá.

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