pijin
Marshallese
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [pʲizʲinʲ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /pʲitʲinʲ/
- Bender phonemes: {pijin}
Etymology 1
pej + -in
Noun
pijin
- construct state of pej
Etymology 2
pij + -in
Noun
pijin
- construct state of pij
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English pidgin, from pidgin English, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of English business during trade in the Far East. The English word business itself is from Middle English busines, busynes, businesse, bisynes, from Old English bisiġnes (“business, busyness”), equivalent to busy + -ness. Doublet of peejnej.
Noun
pijin
- pidgin
Verb
pijin
- to be pidgin
References
- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary