wōjke

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [wɤzʲ(e)ɡe], (enunciated) [wɤtʲ ke]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /wetʲkej/
• Bender phonemes: {wȩjkȩy}

Etymology 1

Noun

wōjke

1. a tree (general word)
2. a log
3. timber

Etymology 2

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

wōjke

1. whiskey

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary