kilaj

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Marshallese

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [kilʲɑːtʲ], (enunciated) [kilʲ ɑtʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /kilʲɰætʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {kilhaj}

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English glass, from Middle English glas, from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- (to shine, shimmer, glow).

Noun

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kilaj

  1. a mirror
  2. glass (material)
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English class, from Middle French classe, from Latin classis (a class or division of the people, assembly of people, the whole body of citizens called to arms, the army, the fleet, later a class or division in general), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (to call, shout).

Noun

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kilaj

  1. a class
  2. a category

Verb

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kilaj

  1. to be in a class

References

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