tāākji
Marshallese
Etymology
Borrowed from English taxi, shortened from taximeter cab, taximeter (“automatic meter that records distance and fare”) from French taximètre, from German Taxameter, coined from Medieval Latin taxa (“tax, charge”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [tˠæːɡ(i)zʲi], (enunciated) [tˠææk tʲi]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /tˠæjæktʲij/
- Bender phonemes: {tayakjiy}
Noun
tāākji
- a taxi
References
- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “taxi”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.