Marshallese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English peanut, compound of pea + nut. English pea is a backformation of pease, originally an uncountable noun meaning "peas" that was construed as a plural, ultimately from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson). English nut is from Middle English nute, note, from Old English hnutu, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts (nut), from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.

Pronunciation

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  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [pʲiːnʲʌtˠ], (enunciated) [pʲi nʲʌtˠ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /pʲijnʲɛtˠ/
  • Bender phonemes: {piynet}

Noun

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pinōt

  1. peanut

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