kūriij
Marshallese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English grease, from Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Old French graisse, from Vulgar Latin *grassia, from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”).
Pronunciation edit
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [kɯrˠiːtʲ], (enunciated) [kɯrˠiitʲ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /kirˠijitʲ/
- Bender phonemes: {kiriyij}
Noun edit
kūriij
Synonyms edit
- wiwi (“blubber”)