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Marshallese
Etymology
Borrowed from English compass, from Middle English compas (“a circle, circuit, limit, form, a mathematical instrument”), from Old French compas, from Medieval Latin compassus (“a circle, a circuit”), from Latin com- (“together”) + passus (“a pace, step, later a pass, way, route”).
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): , (enunciated)
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /kæmˠpˠɛtʲ/
- Bender phonemes: {kam̧bej}
Noun
kam̧bōj (M.O.D.: kaṃbōj)
- a compass
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