jiip

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Marshallese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [tʲiːpʲ], (enunciated) [tʲiipʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /tʲijipʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {jiyip}

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English jeep, derived from GP, initialism of general-purpose.

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

jiip

  1. a jeep

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English sheep, from Middle English sheep, scheep, schep, schepe, from Old English sċēap, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą, beside *keppô, of unknown origin.

Noun[edit]

jiip

  1. a sheep

References[edit]