Bajjipiik

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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): [pˠɑttʲiːbʲiːk], (enunciated) [pˠɑtʲ tʲi pʲiik]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠætʲtʲijpʲijik/
  • Bender phonemes: {bajjiypiyik}

Proper noun[edit]

Bajjipiik

  1. the Pacific; the Pacific Ocean

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