baiļat
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Marshallese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English pilot, from Middle French pilot, pillot, from Italian pilota, piloto, older also pedotta, pedot(t)o (the form in pil- is probably influenced by pileggiare (“to sail, navigate”)); ultimately from unattested Byzantine Greek *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, “helmsman”), from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdón, “blade of an oar, oar”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [pˠɑːilˠɑtˠ], (enunciated) [pˠɑ ilˠɑtˠ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠæɰjilˠætˠ/
- Bender phonemes: {bahyiļat}
Noun[edit]
baiļat (M.O.D.: baiḷat)
- a pilot
References[edit]
Categories:
- Marshallese terms borrowed from English
- Marshallese terms derived from English
- Marshallese terms derived from Middle French
- Marshallese terms derived from Italian
- Marshallese terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Marshallese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Marshallese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Marshallese lemmas
- Marshallese nouns
- mh:Aviation
- mh:Occupations