Marshallese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English yacht, variant of yaught, from Middle English yeaghe (light, fast-sailing ship), from Dutch jacht (yacht; hunt), in older spelling jaght(e), short for jaghtschip (light sailing vessel, fast pirate ship, literally pursuit ship), compound of jacht and schip (ship).

Pronunciation edit

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [i̯ɒːtˠ], (enunciated) [i̯ɒɒtˠ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /ji̯jæwætˠ/
  • Bender phonemes: {yi'yawat}

Noun edit

io̧o̧t (M.O.D.: iọọt)

  1. a yacht

References edit