būrawūn

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Marshallese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English brown, from Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (brown; dark; dusky), from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-.

Pronunciation

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  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [pˠɯrˠɑːwɯnʲ], (enunciated) [pˠɯrˠɑ wɯnʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠirˠæɰwinʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {birahwin}

Noun

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būrawūn

  1. the color brown

References

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