Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

siafu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sia-fu
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"Male driver ants leave the colony soon after they hatch but are drawn to the scent trails left by colonies of siafu ants when they reach sexual maturity."
"The siafus, together with the hyena, jackal and vulture, are the great scavengers of Kenya."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu [Term?] Swahili siafubor. English siafu Borrowed from Swahili siafu, from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Inflected Forms

siafus (plural)

Questions

What does siafu mean?: An army ant.
Where does siafu come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu [Term?] Swahili siafubor. English siafu Borrowed from Swahili siafu, from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

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