kwiin

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English queen.

Pronunciation

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [kʷiːnʲ], (enunciated) [kʷiinʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kʷijinʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {kʷiyin}

Noun

kwiin (construct kwiinin)

1. a queen

Synonyms

• lerooj

References

• Abo, Takaji; Bender Byron W.; Capelle, Alfred; DeBrum, Tony (2009–), “kwiin”, in Marshallese–English Online Dictionary‎^[1]