ņaib
See also: naib
Marshallese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English knife, from Middle English knyf, knif, from late Old English cnīf, from Old Norse knífr, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz, from *knīpaną (“to pinch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ-.
Pronunciation edit
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [nˠɑːipˠ], (enunciated) [nˠɑ ipˠ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /nˠæɰjipˠ/
- Bender phonemes: {ņahyib}
Noun edit
ņaib (M.O.D.: ṇaib) (construct form ņaibin)
- (alienable) a pocketknife