tāākji
Marshallese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English taxi, shortened from taximeter cab, taximeter (“automatic meter that records distance and fare”) from French taximètre, from German Taxameter, coined from Medieval Latin taxa (“tax, charge”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [tˠæːɡ(i)zʲi], (enunciated) [tˠææk tʲi]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /tˠæjæktʲij/
- Bender phonemes: {tayakjiy}
Noun edit
tāākji
- a taxi
References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “taxi”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.