baam̧

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English bomb, from French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “booming, humming, buzzing”), imitative of the sound itself.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pˠɑːmˠ], (enunciated) [pˠɑɑmˠ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pˠæɰæmˠ/
• Bender phonemes: {baham̧}

Noun

baam̧ (M.O.D.: baaṃ) (construct form baam̧in, person noun ri-baam̧)

1. a bomb

Synonyms

• bo̧kutan̄

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary