būļu

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pˠɯlˠu]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pˠilˠiw/
• Bender phonemes: {biļiw}

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English blue, from Middle English blewe, from Anglo-Norman blew (“blue”), from Frankish *blāu (“blue”) (perhaps through a Medieval Latin blāvus, blāvius (“blue”)), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlēw- (“yellow, blond, grey”).

Noun

būļu (M.O.D.: būḷu)

1. bluing
2. the color blue

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English flu, clipping of influenza, from Italian influenza (“influence”), from Latin influentia.

Noun

būļu (M.O.D.: būḷu)

1. influenza; the flu

Verb

būļu (M.O.D.: būḷu)

1. to have influenza; to have the flu

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary