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weejej

[wejetʲjetʲ]

noun

LanguageMarshallese

Meaning
  1. a Marshallese lisp involving varied sibilant pronunciation of the j phoneme among different words or different utterances of the same word, especially under the influence of foreign languages that possess sibilant phonemes
  2. a Marshallese lisp
  3. A way of speaking Marshallese where the 'j' sound is pronounced with a sibilant quality, similar to a lisp. It is often influenced by foreign languages.
Examples

Ekanooj in lōn̄ weejej eo an.

His lisp is very noticeable.

Pronunciationwejetʲjetʲ

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteRefers to a specific phonetic variation in Marshallese speech.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.