Bajjipiik
Marshallese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Pazifik, from Latin pācificus (“peace-making”), so called by Magellan because he sailed peacefully over it after weathering Cape Horn.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (phonetic) IPA(key): [pˠɑttʲiːbʲiːk], (enunciated) [pˠɑtʲ tʲi pʲiik]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠætʲtʲijpʲijik/
- Bender phonemes: {bajjiypiyik}
Proper noun
[edit]Bajjipiik
- the Pacific; the Pacific Ocean