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Marshallese
Etymology
Borrowed from English yacht, variant of yaught, from Middle English yeaghe (“light, fast-sailing ship”), from Dutch jacht (“yacht; hunt”), in older spelling jaght(e), short for jaghtschip (“light sailing vessel, fast pirate ship”, literally “pursuit ship”), compound of jacht and schip (“ship”).
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): , (enunciated)
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /ji̯jæwætˠ/
- Bender phonemes: {yi'yawat}
Noun
io̧o̧t (M.O.D.: iọọt)
- a yacht
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