Marshallese

See also: marshallese

English

Etymology

From Marshall (“Marshall Islands”) +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

Marshallese (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Marshall Islands, its people, or its language.

Translations

of or pertaining to the Marshall Islands, its people, or its language

• Afrikaans: Marshalleilands
• Catalan: marshallès
• Finnish: marshallinsaarelainen (fi), marshallinkielinen
• Galician: marshalés (gl)
• German: marshallesisch
• Irish: Mairseallach
• Italian: marshallese (it)
• Lombard: marshalles (lmo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: marshallesisk

  Nynorsk: marshallesisk

• Portuguese: marshallês m
• Romanian: marshallez
• Spanish: marshalés (es)

Proper noun

Marshallese

1. The Austronesian language of the Marshall Islands.

Translations

language

• Afrikaans: Marshallees
• Catalan: marshallès
• Czech: maršalština (cs)
• Danish: marshallesisk
• Dutch: Marshallees (nl)
• Esperanto: marŝala
• Finnish: marshalli (fi), marshallin kieli
• French: marshallais (fr) m
• Galician: marshalés (gl)
• German: Marshallisch
• Irish: Mairsillis f
• Marshallese: kajin M̧ajeļ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: marshallesisk m

  Nynorsk: marshallesisk m

• Portuguese: marshallês m
• Romanian: marshalleză f
• Russian: маршалльский (maršallʹskij)
• Slovene: marshallovščina
• Spanish: marshalés (es) m
• Swedish: marshalliska

Noun

Marshallese (countable and uncountable, plural Marshallese)

1. (chiefly in the plural) An inhabitant of the Marshall Islands.

Usage notes

As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Marshallese", "writing about Marshallese cuisine as a Marshallese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Marshallese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Marshallese cuisine as a Marshallese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only used primarily as an adjective or as a plural noun.

Translations

inhabitant

• Afrikaans: Marshalleilander
• Catalan: marshallès m, marshallesa f
• Finnish: marshallinsaarelainen (fi)
• Galician: marshalés (gl)
• Irish: Mairseallach m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: marshalleser m

  Nynorsk: marshallesar m

• Portuguese: marshallês m
• Romanian: marshallez m, marshalleză f
• Spanish: marshalés (es) m

See also

• ISO 639-1 code mh, ISO 639-3 code mah (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Marshallese, mah ⁠

Further reading

• Marshallese language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia