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Jamaican Creole
Verb
piik
- (Maroon Spirit Language) Speak.
References
- Bilby, Kenneth (1983). "How the "Older Heads" Talk: A Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession Language and Its Relationship to the Creoles of Surname and Sierra Leone". New West Indian Guide/Nieuwe West-Indische Gids 57 (1/2): 37–88.
Marshallese
Etymology
Borrowed from English pig, from Middle English pigge (“pig, pigling”), apparently from Old English *picga.
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): , (enunciated)
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /pʲijik/
- Bender phonemes: {piyik}
Noun
piik
- a pig
- a hog
- pork
References