Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nakamal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: naka-mal
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional meeting house or gathering place in Vanuatu, used for community meetings, ceremonies, and the drinking of kava.

Example Sentences

"In many areas of Vanuatu, this is a large building that functions as a meeting house, while in the south, it is often a cleared area under a large banyan tree; there is often restricted access to a nakamal or certain parts of a nakamal affecting women and men of low status."

Etymology

Borrowed from Bislama nakamal, ultimately from a substrate language, such as Raga na gamali.

Word Breakdown

Root: gamali

Inflected Forms

nakamals (plural)

Questions

What does nakamal mean?: A traditional meeting house or gathering place in Vanuatu, used for community meetings, ceremonies, and the drinking of kava.
Where does nakamal come from?: Borrowed from Bislama nakamal, ultimately from a substrate language, such as Raga na gamali.

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