kūriij
Marshallese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English grease, from Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Old French graisse, from Vulgar Latin *grassia, from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”).
Pronunciation
edit- (phonetic) IPA(key): [kɯrˠiːtʲ], (enunciated) [kɯrˠiitʲ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /kirˠijitʲ/
- Bender phonemes: {kiriyij}
Noun
editkūriij
Synonyms
edit- wiwi (“blubber”)
References
editCategories:
- Marshallese terms borrowed from English
- Marshallese terms derived from English
- Marshallese terms derived from Middle English
- Marshallese terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- Marshallese terms derived from Old French
- Marshallese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Marshallese terms derived from Latin
- Marshallese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Marshallese lemmas
- Marshallese nouns
- mh:Fats and oils