jijāj

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English scissors, from Middle English sisours, sisoures, from Old French cisoires, from Vulgar Latin *cīsōria, plural of Late Latin cīsōrium (“cutting tool”); from Latin word root -cīsus or caesus, past participle of caedō (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [tʲiːzʲætʲ], (enunciated) [tʲi tʲætʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /tʲijtʲætʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {jiyjaj}

Noun

jijāj

1. shears
2. scissors

Verb

jijāj

1. to cut with scissors

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary