See also: kurila

Marshallese edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Noun edit

kuriļa (M.O.D.: kuriḷa)

  1. gorilla

References edit