Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uintjie

/ˈeɪŋki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: uin-tjie
IPA: /ˈeɪŋki/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The edible bulb of certain plants.

Etymology

From Afrikaans uintjie, from Dutch ajuintje (“little onion”).

Origin

Source language: Afrikaans

Word Breakdown

Root: uintjie, ajuintje

Inflected Forms

uintjies (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce uintjie?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈeɪŋki/.
What does uintjie mean?: The edible bulb of certain plants.
Where does uintjie come from?: It is traced to Afrikaans.

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