kajji

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese キャッチャ (kyatcha), itself borrowed from English catcher, agentive of catch, from Middle English cacchen, from Anglo-Norman cachier, from Late Latin captiāre, present active infinitive of captiō, from Latin captō, frequentative of capiō. Doublet of kiaaj and kiaj.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [kɑttʲi], (enunciated) [kɑtʲ tʲi]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kætʲtʲij/
• Bender phonemes: {kajjiy}

Noun

kajji

1. a baseball catcher

Synonyms

• kiaaj
• kiaj

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary