būreej

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Marshallese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [pˠɯrˠɛːtʲ], (enunciated) [pˠɯrˠɛɛtʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠirˠɛjɛtʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {bireyej}

Noun[edit]

būreej

  1. a biscuit
  2. a cracker

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

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