enjeļ

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English angel, from Middle English angel, aungel, ængel, engel, from Anglo-Norman angele, Old French angle and Old English ænġel, enġel, enċġel (“angel, messenger”), from Proto-West Germanic *angil, from Latin angelus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [ɛnzʲɛlˠ], (enunciated) [ɛnʲ tʲɛlˠ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /jɛnʲtʲɛlˠ/
• Bender phonemes: {yenjeļ}

Noun

enjeļ (M.O.D.: enjeḷ)

1. an angel

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary