Marshallese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English cement, from Middle English syment, cyment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar), from caedō (I cut, hew).

Pronunciation edit

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [tʲimʲɛːnˠ], (enunciated) [tʲimʲɛɛnˠ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /tʲimʲɛjɛnˠ/
  • Bender phonemes: {jimeyeņ}

Noun edit

jimeeņ (M.O.D.: jimeeṇ)

  1. cement
  2. concrete

References edit