ļokwājek

Marshallese

FWOTD – 4 June 2016

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [lˠɔɡʷæːzʲɛk, lˠɔɡʷæːzʲek], (enunciated) [lˠɔɡʷæ tʲɛk, lˠɔɡʷæ tʲek]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /lˠɛkʷæjtʲɛk, lˠɛkʷæjtʲek/
• Bender phonemes: {ļekʷayjek, ļekʷayjȩk}

Noun

ļokwājek (M.O.D.: ḷokwājek)

1. red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary
• National Biodiversity Team of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (2000) The Marshall Islands: living atolls amidst the living sea : the National biodiversity report of the Republic of the Marshall Islands‎^[1] (in Marshallese)