kotin

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English cotton, from Middle English cotoun, from Anglo-Norman cotun, Old French coton, from (Genoese) Old Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [kʷɔdˠinʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kʷɛtˠinʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {kʷetin}

Noun

kotin

1. cotton

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary