jelba

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Marshallese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English silver, from Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, seolofor (silver), from Proto-Germanic *silubrą (silver), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

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  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [tʲelʲ(ɤ)bˠɑ], (enunciated) [tʲelʲ pˠɑ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /tʲelʲpˠæɰ/
  • Bender phonemes: {jȩlbah}

Noun

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jelba (construct form jelbain)

  1. silver

References

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