Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

umkhwetha

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: umkhwetha
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Among the Xhosa, a young male undergoing a group circumcision rite to mark the arrival of adulthood.

Etymology

Xhosa

Inflected Forms

abakwetha (plural) abakhwetha (plural)

Questions

What does umkhwetha mean?: Among the Xhosa, a young male undergoing a group circumcision rite to mark the arrival of adulthood.
Where does umkhwetha come from?: Xhosa

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