ņaib

Marshallese

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Definitions
  • (alienable) a pocketknife

Etymology

Borrowed from English knife (and traded, used, by the T'satsot'n, owned, a tool prominently made) derived from Middle English knyf derived from Old English cnīf (knife) derived from Old Norse knífr (knife) derived from Proto-Germanic *knībaz (knife) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ- (pinch).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gneybʰ-

Gloss

pinch

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

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