kotin

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English cotton, from Middle English cotoun, from Anglo-Norman cotun, Old French coton, from (Genoese) Old Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [kʷɔdˠinʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /kʷɛtˠinʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {kʷetin}

Noun

kotin

  1. cotton

References

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