būreej
Marshallese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English bread, from Middle English bred, breed, from Old English brēad (“fragment, bit, morsel, crumb", also "bread”), from Proto-Germanic *braudą (“cooked food, leavened bread”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-, *bʰrew- (“to boil, seethe”).
Pronunciation edit
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [pˠɯrˠɛːtʲ], (enunciated) [pˠɯrˠɛɛtʲ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠirˠɛjɛtʲ/
- Bender phonemes: {bireyej}
Noun edit
būreej