kilaj
Marshallese edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [kilʲɑːtʲ], (enunciated) [kilʲ ɑtʲ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /kilʲɰætʲ/
- Bender phonemes: {kilhaj}
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from English glass, from Middle English glas, from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”).
Noun edit
kilaj
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from English class, from Middle French classe, from Latin classis (“a class or division of the people, assembly of people, the whole body of citizens called to arms, the army, the fleet, later a class or division in general”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”).
Noun edit
kilaj
Verb edit
kilaj
- to be in a class