kuriļa

See also: kurila

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”), described by Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian navigator and possible visitor to the area that later became Sierra Leone.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [kʷurˠiːlˠɑ], (enunciated) [kʷurˠi lˠɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kʷirˠijlˠæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {kʷiriyļah}

Noun

kuriļa (M.O.D.: kuriḷa)

1. gorilla

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary