wōjke

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Marshallese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [wɤzʲ(e)ɡe], (enunciated) [wɤtʲ ke]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /wetʲkej/
  • Bender phonemes: {wȩjkȩy}

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

wōjke

  1. a tree (general word)
  2. a log
  3. timber

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English whiskey, from Irish uisce beatha and Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (literally “water of life”), from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (“water”) + *biwotos (“life”), from *biwos (“alive”), calque of Latin aqua vitae.

Noun[edit]

wōjke

  1. whiskey

References[edit]

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