kuriļa
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)
- gorilla
References
- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary