joob

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English soap, from Middle English sope, sape, from Old English sāpe (“soap, salve”), from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).

Pronunciation

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [tʲɔːpˠ], (enunciated) [tʲɔɔpˠ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /tʲɛwɛpˠ/
• Bender phonemes: {jeweb}

Noun

joob (construct form joobin)

1. soap

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan oóvi.

Noun

joob (plural jajoob)

1. opossum (clarification of this definition is needed.)

References

• R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016), Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎ (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 90–91