tāākji
Marshallese
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
edittāākji
- a taxi
References
edit- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “taxi”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.