wōjke
Marshallese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [wɤzʲ(e)ɡe], (enunciated) [wɤtʲ ke]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /wetʲkej/
- Bender phonemes: {wȩjkȩy}
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
wōjke
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from English whiskey, from Irish uisce beatha and Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (literally “water of life”), from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (“water”) + *biwotos (“life”), from *biwos (“alive”), calque of Latin aqua vitae.
Noun edit
wōjke