ņaib

See also: naib

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English knife, from Middle English knyf, knif, from late Old English cnīf, from Old Norse knífr, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz, from *knīpaną (“to pinch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [nˠɑːipˠ], (enunciated) [nˠɑ ipˠ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /nˠæɰjipˠ/
  • Bender phonemes: {ņahyib}

Noun

ņaib (M.O.D.: ṇaib) (construct form ņaibin)

  1. (alienable) a pocketknife

References

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