būreej
Marshallese
Etymology
Borrowed from English bread, from Middle English bred, breed, from Old English brēad (“fragment, bit, morsel, crumb", also "bread”), from Proto-Germanic *braudą (“cooked food, leavened bread”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-, *bʰrew- (“to boil, seethe”).
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [pˠɯrˠɛːtʲ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠirˠɛjɛtʲ/
- Bender phonemes: {bireyej}
Noun
būreej
- a biscuit
- a cracker
Synonyms
- petkōj
References
- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary