weejej
Marshallese
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [weːzʲeːtʲ], (enunciated) [weetʲ etʲ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /wejetʲjetʲ/
- Bender phonemes: {wȩyȩjyȩj}
Noun
weejej (construct form weejejin)
- (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
References
- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary