būļan̄kōj

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English blanket, from Middle English blanket, blonket, from Old Northern French blanket, blankete, blanquette, diminutive of blanc (“white”), from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”) from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pˠɯlˠɑŋɡʌtʲ], (enunciated) [pˠɯlˠɑŋ kʌtʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pˠilˠæŋkɛtʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {biļagkej}

Noun

būļan̄kōj (M.O.D.: būḷañkōj)

1. a blanket

Synonyms

• ko̧o̧j

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary