jimāāņ

Marshallese

Alternative forms

• jimeeņ

Etymology

Borrowed from English cement, from Middle English syment, cyment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“I cut, hew”).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [tʲimʲæːnˠ], (enunciated) [tʲimʲæænˠ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /tʲimʲæjænˠ/
• Bender phonemes: {jimayaņ}

Noun

jimāāņ (M.O.D.: jimāāṇ)

1. cement
2. concrete

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary