jijāj
Marshallese
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
edit- (phonetic) IPA(key): [tʲiːzʲætʲ], (enunciated) [tʲi tʲætʲ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /tʲijtʲætʲ/
- Bender phonemes: {jiyjaj}
Noun
editjijāj
Verb
editjijāj
References
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- Marshallese terms borrowed from English
- Marshallese terms derived from English
- Marshallese terms derived from Middle English
- Marshallese terms derived from Old French
- Marshallese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Marshallese terms derived from Late Latin
- Marshallese terms derived from Latin
- Marshallese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Marshallese lemmas
- Marshallese nouns
- Marshallese verbs
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