Marshallese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English soap, from Middle English sope, sape, from Old English sāpe (soap, salve), from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (to pour out, drip, trickle, strain).

Pronunciation

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  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [tʲɔːpˠ], (enunciated) [tʲɔɔpˠ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /tʲɛwɛpˠ/
  • Bender phonemes: {jeweb}

Noun

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joob (construct form joobin)

  1. soap

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Southeastern Tepehuan

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Etymology

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Cognate with Northern Tepehuan oóvi.

Noun

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joob (plural jajoob)

  1. opossum (clarification of this definition is needed)

References

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  • R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎[1] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 90–91