Bajjipik
Marshallese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Pazifik, from Latin pācificus (“peace-making”), so called by Magellan because he sailed peacefully over it after weathering Cape Horn.
Pronunciation
edit- (phonetic) IPA(key): [pˠɑttʲiːbʲik], (enunciated) [pˠɑtʲ tʲi pʲik]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠætʲtʲijpʲik/
- Bender phonemes: {bajjiypik}
Proper noun
editBajjipik
- the Pacific; the Pacific Ocean