Nukne

== Marshallese == === Etymology === Borrowed from English New Guinea. The Guinea portion was itself borrowed from Portuguese Guiné. === Pronunciation === (phonetics) IPA(key): [nʲuɡʷ(u)nʲe, nʲuɡʷ(u)nʲɛ]; (enunciated) [nʲukʷ nʲe, nʲukʷ nʲɛ] (phonemic) IPA(key): /nʲikʷnʲej, nʲikʷnʲɛj/ Bender phonemes: {nikʷnȩy, nikʷney} === Proper noun === Nukne New Guinea (a large island in the Pacific Ocean north of Australia, in Oceania, whose territory is divided between Indonesia in the west and Papua New Guinea in the east) ==== Derived terms ==== ri-Nukne === References === Marshallese–English Online Dictionary