piik

Maroon Spirit Language

Etymology

Likely from English speak. Compare Sranan Tongo piki, Aukan piki, Saramaccan piki.

Verb

piik

1. to speak
   • 1983, Kenneth M. Bilby, “How the "older heads" talk: a Jamaican Maroon spirit possession language and its relationship to the creoles of Suriname and Sierra Leone”, in New West Indian Guide, →ISSN, page 48:

     uma fi piik fi mi?

     Who is to speak for me?

References

• Bilby, Kenneth (1983). "How the "Older Heads" Talk: A Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession Language and Its Relationship to the Creoles of Surname and Sierra Leone". New West Indian Guide/Nieuwe West-Indische Gids 57 (1/2): 37–88.

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English pig, from Middle English pigge (“pig, pigling”), apparently from Old English *picga.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲiːk], (enunciated) [pʲiik]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲijik/
• Bender phonemes: {piyik}

Noun

piik

1. a pig
2. a hog
3. pork

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary