wōjke
Marshallese
editPronunciation
edit- (phonetic) IPA(key): [wɤzʲ(e)ɡe], (enunciated) [wɤtʲ ke]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /wetʲkej/
- Bender phonemes: {wȩjkȩy}
Etymology 1
editNoun
editwōjke
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from English whiskey, from Irish uisce beatha and Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (literally “water of life”), from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (“water”) + *biwotos (“life”), from *biwos (“alive”), calque of Latin aqua vitae.
Noun
editwōjke
References
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- Marshallese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Marshallese lemmas
- Marshallese nouns
- Marshallese terms borrowed from English
- Marshallese terms derived from English
- Marshallese terms derived from Irish
- Marshallese terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- Marshallese terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Marshallese terms derived from Latin
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- mh:Woods