Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skin-group

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English

Syllables: skin--group
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of skin group.

Example Sentences

"The skin-group, or “yiminga” of a Tiwi is matrilineal; it is inherited from the mother and determines the marriage line."
"In Walbiri society you belong to one of these eight skin-groups. They dominate your social life; they determine who you can marry, and they determine how you relate to everybody else in Walbiri society."
"She moved from skin-group to skin-group at the start of each of the six Noongar seasons, helping each family as best she could, and circulating the idea that violent resistance to the Europeans would result in more dead Noongar."

Inflected Forms

skin-groups (plural)

Questions

What does skin-group mean?: Alternative form of skin group.

How to pronounce skin-group

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