baeoliin
Marshallese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English violin, from Italian violino, diminutive form of viola with diminutive suffix -ino. Italian viola is possibly from Old Occitan viola, ultimately from Medieval Latin *vitula (“stringed instrument”).
Pronunciation edit
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [pˠɑːɛ̯ɔːlʲiːnʲ], (enunciated) [pˠɑ ɛ̯ɔ lʲiinʲ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠæɰjɛwlʲijinʲ/
- Bender phonemes: {bahyewliyin}
Noun edit
baeoliin (construct form baeoliinin, person noun ri-baeoliin)
- a violin