kuum̧

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English comb, from Middle English comb, from Old English camb (“comb”), from Proto-Germanic *kambaz (“comb”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth”).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [kuːmˠ], (enunciated) [kuumˠ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kiwimˠ/
• Bender phonemes: {kiwim̧}

Derived terms

• kuum̧um̧

Noun

kuum̧ (M.O.D.: kuuṃ) (construct form kuum̧in)

1. a comb

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary