tāākji

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Marshallese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English taxi, shortened from taximeter cab, taximeter (“automatic meter that records distance and fare”) from French taximètre, from German Taxameter, coined from Medieval Latin taxa (“tax, charge”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [tˠæːɡ(i)zʲi], (enunciated) [tˠææk tʲi]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /tˠæjæktʲij/
  • Bender phonemes: {tayakjiy}

Noun[edit]

tāākji

  1. a taxi

References[edit]

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “taxi”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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