petkōj

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English biscuit, from bisket, from Old French bescuit, masculine singular past participle of bescuire, from bes- (“twice”) (Latin bis) + cuire (“to bake; to cook”), possibly corresponding to a Medieval Latin biscoctum, from Latin bis- + coctus.

Pronunciation
  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [pʲedˠ(ɤ)ɡɤtʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /pʲetˠketʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {pȩtkȩj}

Noun

petkōj

  1. a biscuit
  2. a cracker

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