weejej

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Marshallese

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Pronunciation

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  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [weːzʲeːtʲ], (enunciated) [weetʲ etʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /wejetʲjetʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {wȩyȩjyȩj}

Noun

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weejej (construct form weejejin)

  1. (alienable) a Marshallese lisp involving varied sibilant pronunciation of the j phoneme among different words or different utterances of the same word, especially under the influence of foreign languages that possess sibilant phonemes

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