Marshallese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English biscuit, from bisket, from Old French bescuit, masculine singular past participle of bescuire, from bes- (twice) (Latin bis) + cuire (to bake; to cook), possibly corresponding to a Medieval Latin biscoctum, from Latin bis- + coctus.

Pronunciation edit

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [pʲedˠ(ɤ)ɡɤtʲ], (enunciated) [pʲetˠ kɤtʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /pʲetˠketʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {pȩtkȩj}

Noun edit

petkōj

  1. a biscuit
  2. a cracker

Synonyms edit

References edit