baļuun
Marshallese
Alternative forms
- baļwūn
Etymology
Borrowed from English balloon, (possibly via Middle French ballon) from Italian pallone (“large ball”) from palla (“ball”), from Lombardic *palla. The Northern Italian form, balla (“ball shaped bundle”), today a doublet, likely derived from Old French balle, from Frankish balla (“ball”), and may have influenced the spelling of this word. Both Germanic words are from Proto-Germanic *ballô (“ball”), *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”).
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [pˠɑlˠuːnʲ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠælˠiwinʲ/
- Bender phonemes: {baļiwin}
Noun
baļuun (M.O.D.: baḷuun)
- an airplane
References
- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary