jukweea

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Marshallese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English square, from Middle English square, sqware, squyre; from Old French esquarre, esquerre, from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from Latin ex- +‎ quadro, from quadrus.

Pronunciation

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  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [tʲuɡʷɛːɑ], (enunciated) [tʲuɡʷɛ ɛ̯ɑ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /tʲikʷɛjjæɰ/
  • Bender phonemes: {jikʷeyyah}

Noun

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jukweea (construct form jukweeain)

  1. a square

References

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