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tawhiwhi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tawhi-whi
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of kohuhu (“the tree Pittosporum tenuifolium”).

Etymology

From Māori tawhiwhi.

Word Breakdown

Synonyms

kohuhu

Questions

What does tawhiwhi mean?
Synonym of kohuhu (“the tree Pittosporum tenuifolium”).
Where does tawhiwhi come from?
From Māori tawhiwhi.

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