Nukne

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English New Guinea. The Guinea portion was itself borrowed from Portuguese Guiné.

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [nʲuɡʷ(u)nʲe, nʲuɡʷ(u)nʲɛ]; (enunciated) [nʲukʷ nʲe, nʲukʷ nʲɛ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /nʲikʷnʲej, nʲikʷnʲɛj/
  • Bender phonemes: {nikʷnȩy, nikʷney}

Derived terms

Proper noun

Nukne

  1. New Guinea (a large island in the Pacific Ocean north of Australia, in Oceania, whose territory is divided between Indonesia in the west and Papua New Guinea in the east)

References

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