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wintu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
win-tu
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An endangered language spoken by certain Wintun people in California.

Etymology

From Wintu wintʰu·h (“a person, a Wintu”).

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Wintu terms wnw ⁠

Frequently Paired Words

Wintun Wintuan Wiktionary’s coverage of Wintu terms wnw ⁠

Questions

What does wintu mean?
An endangered language spoken by certain Wintun people in California.
Where does wintu come from?
From Wintu wintʰu·h (“a person, a Wintu”).

How to pronounce wintu

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