Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tumbaga

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tum-ba-ga
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A gold-copper alloy used by the pre-Columbian cultures of Central America to make religious objects.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tumbaga, from Malay tembaga, from Sanskrit ताम्रक (tāmraka). Doublet of tombak.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: tumbaga, tembaga, ताम्रक

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does tumbaga mean?: A gold-copper alloy used by the pre-Columbian cultures of Central America to make religious objects.
Where does tumbaga come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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