jelba

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English silver, from Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, seolofor (“silver”), from Proto-Germanic *silubrą (“silver”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [tʲelʲ(ɤ)bˠɑ], (enunciated) [tʲelʲ pˠɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /tʲelʲpˠæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {jȩlbah}

Noun

jelba (construct form jelbain)

1. silver

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary