Bajjipik
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Marshallese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Pazifik, from Latin pācificus (“peace-making”), so called by Magellan because he sailed peacefully over it after weathering Cape Horn.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (phonetic) IPA(key): [pˠɑttʲiːbʲik], (enunciated) [pˠɑtʲ tʲi pʲik]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠætʲtʲijpʲik/
- Bender phonemes: {bajjiypik}
Proper noun
[edit]Bajjipik
- the Pacific; the Pacific Ocean