Marshallese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English blanket, from Middle English blanket, blonket, from Old Northern French blanket, blankete, blanquette, diminutive of blanc (white), from Frankish *blank (gleaming, white, blinding) from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (white, bright, blinding), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (to shine).

Pronunciation edit

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [pˠɯlˠɑŋɡʌtʲ], (enunciated) [pˠɯlˠɑŋ kʌtʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠilˠæŋkɛtʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {biļagkej}

Noun edit

būļan̄kōj (M.O.D.: būḷañkōj)

  1. a blanket

Synonyms edit

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