piik

Jamaican Creole

Verb

piik

1. (Maroon Spirit Language) Speak.

References

• Bilby, Kenneth (1983). "How the "Older Heads" Talk: A Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession Language and Its Relationship to the Creoles of Surname and Sierra Leone". New West Indian Guide/Nieuwe West-Indische Gids 57 (1/2): 37–88.

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English pig, from Middle English pigge (“pig, pigling”), apparently from Old English *picga.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲiːk], (enunciated) [pʲiik]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲijik/
• Bender phonemes: {piyik}

Noun

piik

1. a pig
2. a hog
3. pork

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary