jowi

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [tʲowi]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /tʲewij/
• Bender phonemes: {jȩwiy}

Noun

jowi

1. clan; matrilineal kin
2. race

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Mokilese

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tapuʀi (“conch shell horn”), from Proto-Austronesian *tabuʀi (“conch shell horn”)

Noun

jowi

1. conch shell

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *tabuRi

Rayón Zoque

Verb

jowi

1. (stative) be stupid
2. (stative) be crazy

Derived terms

• jowibʌ
• jowiꞌaju

References

• Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 10