Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yumi

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables: yu-mi
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of archery bow from Japan.

name

A female given name from Japanese.

Etymology

From Japanese 弓 (“yumi”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 弓, ゆみ

Inflected Forms

yumis (plural)

Questions

What does yumi mean?: A type of archery bow from Japan.
Where does yumi come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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