Query Details
| Query Subject: |
Etymology of 'Bikini Atoll'
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| Author: | Boyan Nikolaev | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Lexicography
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| Query: |
I am working on an article about neologisms.
The word BIKINI, I think, was misinterpreted in 1946 as being Latin and
consisting of bi- (=two) + something unclear. So, in time it dropped its
bi- and became MONOKINI, even TANKKINI.
Could anyone tell me what the real Polynesian (Marshallese) word means and
help me explain it not considering the Latin bi-?
Best,
Boyan Nikolaev |
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| LL Issue: | 15.3550 | |
| Date posted: | 21-Dec-2004 | |
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