Ebeje
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Marshallese Ebeje, the older orthographic spelling of Epjā.
Proper noun
editEbeje
- (archaic) Ebeye (the most populous island of Kwajalein atoll, Marshall Islands)
- Synonym: Ebeye
Usage notes
edit- Ebeje is the historic German name of Ebeye, dating from the island's administration under German New Guinea. The modern German name is Ebeye, after the English name which itself originated from the older German name.
Descendants
editMarshallese
editAlternative forms
edit- (new orthography) Epjā
Pronunciation
edit- (phonetic) IPA(key): [ɛbʲ(ɛ)zʲæ], (enunciated) [ɛpʲ tʲæ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /jɛpʲtʲæj/
- Bender phonemes: {yepjay}
Synonyms
editProper noun
editEbeje
- Ebeye (the most populous island of Kwajalein atoll, Marshall Islands)
Usage notes
editThe form Epjā, previously spelt Ebeje in the old orthography, is the traditional and official name of Ebeye. The form Ibae is the most common local name, borrowed from English. This distinction is historical; most Marshallese residents of Ebeye today are not indigenous to this particular island, but are descended from refugees who were resettled by the United States government because of the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll. The islanders were introduced to the island through its English name rather than through the Marshallese name it already had. Since the English name was already derived obliquely from Epjā through a sight pronunciation of a misspelling of its German form Ebeje, this made Ibae a twice-borrowed term in Marshallese.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- German terms borrowed from Marshallese
- German terms derived from Marshallese
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German terms with archaic senses
- de:Islands
- de:Places in the Marshall Islands
- Marshallese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Marshallese lemmas
- Marshallese proper nouns
- mh:Islands
- mh:Places in the Marshall Islands