pijin

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲizʲinʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲitʲinʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {pijin}

Etymology 1

pej +‎ -in

Noun

pijin

1. construct state of pej

Etymology 2

pij +‎ -in

Noun

pijin

1. construct state of pij

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English pidgin, from pidgin English, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of English business during trade in the Far East. The English word business itself is from Middle English busines, busynes, businesse, bisynes, from Old English bisiġnes (“business, busyness”), equivalent to busy +‎ -ness. Doublet of peejnej.

Noun

pijin

1. pidgin

Verb

pijin

1. to be pidgin

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary