m̧upi
Marshallese
Etymology
Borrowed from English movie, from moving (picture) + -ie. English moving is the present participle of English move, from Middle English moven, moeven, meven, from Old French mover, moveir and Old French mouver, moveir (“to move”), from movoir), from Latin movēre, present active infinitive of moveō (“move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit”), from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (“to move, drive”).
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [mˠuːbʲi]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /mˠiwpʲij/
- Bender phonemes: {m̧iwpiy}
Noun
m̧upi (M.O.D.: ṃupi)
- a movie; a film
References
- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary