kam̧bōj

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): [kɑmbˠʌtʲ], (enunciated) [kɑmˠ pˠʌtʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kæmˠpˠɛtʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {kam̧bej}

Noun

kam̧bōj (M.O.D.: kaṃbōj)

1. a compass

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary