Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tai-kadai

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: tai-kadai
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Kra-Dai (“a major language family spoken in large parts of Southeast Asia”).

adj

Synonym of Kra-Dai (“pertaining to that family”).

Etymology

From Tai + Kadai. Coined by Paul K. Benedict in 1942.

Synonyms

Kra-Dai

Questions

What does tai-kadai mean?: Synonym of Kra-Dai (“a major language family spoken in large parts of Southeast Asia”).
Where does tai-kadai come from?: From Tai + Kadai. Coined by Paul K. Benedict in 1942.

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