tāākji

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English taxi, shortened from taximeter cab, taximeter (“automatic meter that records distance and fare”) from French taximètre, from German Taxameter, coined from Medieval Latin taxa (“tax, charge”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [tˠæːɡ(i)zʲi], (enunciated) [tˠææk tʲi]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /tˠæjæktʲij/
  • Bender phonemes: {tayakjiy}

Noun

tāākji

  1. a taxi

References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “taxi”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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