Bajjipiik

Marshallese

Alternative forms

• Bajjipik

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pazifik, from Latin pācificus (“peace-making”), so called by Magellan because he sailed peacefully over it after weathering Cape Horn.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pˠɑttʲiːbʲiːk], (enunciated) [pˠɑtʲ tʲi pʲiik]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pˠætʲtʲijpʲijik/
• Bender phonemes: {bajjiypiyik}

Proper noun

Bajjipiik

1. the Pacific; the Pacific Ocean

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary