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Marshallese
Etymology
Borrowed from English knife, from Middle English knyf, knif, from late Old English cnīf, from Old Norse knífr, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz, from *knīpaną (“to pinch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ-.
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): , (enunciated)
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /nˠæɰjipˠ/
- Bender phonemes: {ņahyib}
Noun
ņaib (M.O.D.: ṇaib) (construct form ņaibin)
- (alienable) a pocketknife
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