aij

Marshallese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English ice, From Middle English is, from Old English īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-.

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [ɑitʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /ɰæjitʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {hayij}

Noun

aij (verb aiji, causative verb kaaij, personal noun ri-kaaij, construct aijin)

  1. ice
  2. frost

References

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