Bajjipik
Marshallese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed 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 edit
Bajjipik
- the Pacific; the Pacific Ocean