Marshallese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English movie, from moving (picture) + -ie. English moving is the present participle of English move, from Middle English moven, moeven, meven, from Old French mover, moveir and Old French mouver, moveir (to move), from movoir), from Latin movēre, present active infinitive of moveō (move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit), from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (to move, drive).

Pronunciation edit

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [mˠuːbʲi], (enunciated) [mˠu pʲi]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /mˠiwpʲij/
  • Bender phonemes: {m̧iwpiy}

Noun edit

m̧upi (M.O.D.: ṃupi)

  1. a movie; a film

References edit