baļuun

Marshallese

Alternative forms

• baļwūn

Etymology

Borrowed from English balloon, (possibly via Middle French ballon) from Italian pallone (“large ball”) from palla (“ball”), from Lombardic *palla. The Northern Italian form, balla (“ball-shaped bundle”), today a doublet, likely derived from Old French balle, from Frankish *balla (“ball”), and may have influenced the spelling of this word. Both Germanic words are from Proto-Germanic *ballô (“ball”), *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pˠɑlˠuːnʲ], (enunciated) [pˠɑlˠuunʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pˠælˠiwinʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {baļiwin}

Noun

baļuun (M.O.D.: baḷuun) (construct form baļuunin, person noun ri-baļuun)

1. an airplane

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary