Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

umqombothi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: umqom-bothi
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A beer made from maize, maize malt, sorghum malt, yeast and water, commonly found in South Africa.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He notes that South Africa has a traditional beer called umqombothi brewed from sorghum, a grain in the millet family."

Etymology

Borrowed from Xhosa.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does umqombothi mean?: A beer made from maize, maize malt, sorghum malt, yeast and water, commonly found in South Africa.
Where does umqombothi come from?: Borrowed from Xhosa.

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