m̧upi

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English movie, from moving (picture) + -ie. English moving is the present participle of English move, from Middle English moven, moeven, meven, from Old French mover, moveir and Old French mouver, moveir (“to move”), from movoir), from Latin movēre, present active infinitive of moveō (“move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit”), from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (“to move, drive”).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [mˠuːbʲi], (enunciated) [mˠu pʲi]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /mˠiwpʲij/
• Bender phonemes: {m̧iwpiy}

Noun

m̧upi (M.O.D.: ṃupi)

1. a movie; a film

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary