petkōj

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English biscuit, from bisket, from Old French bescuit, masculine singular past participle of bescuire, from bes- (“twice”) (Latin bis) + cuire (“to bake; to cook”), possibly corresponding to a Medieval Latin biscoctum, from Latin bis- + coctus.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲedˠ(ɤ)ɡɤtʲ], (enunciated) [pʲetˠ kɤtʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲetˠketʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {pȩtkȩj}

Noun

petkōj

1. a biscuit
2. a cracker

Synonyms

• būreej

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary