Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semi-bantu

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English

Syllables: semi-ban-tu
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ethnolinguistic grouping of inhabitants of the Western grassfields of Cameroon whose languages share certain characteristics with the Bantu language family.

Etymology

From semi- + Bantu.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: semi

Questions

What does semi-bantu mean?: An ethnolinguistic grouping of inhabitants of the Western grassfields of Cameroon whose languages share certain characteristics with the Bantu language family.
Where does semi-bantu come from?: From semi- + Bantu.

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