Marshallese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Japanese キャッチャ (kyatcha), itself borrowed from English catcher, agentive of catch, from Middle English cacchen, from Anglo-Norman cachier, from Late Latin captiāre, present active infinitive of captiō, from Latin captō, frequentative of capiō. Doublet of kiaaj and kiaj.

Pronunciation edit

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [kɑttʲi], (enunciated) [kɑtʲ tʲi]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /kætʲtʲij/
  • Bender phonemes: {kajjiy}

Noun edit

kajji

  1. a baseball catcher

Synonyms edit

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