pirōk

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Marshallese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese ブロック (burokku), from English block, from Middle English blok (log, stump, solid piece), from Old French bloc (log, block), from Middle Dutch blok (treetrunk), from Old Dutch *blok (log), from Proto-Germanic *blukką (beam, log), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (thick plank, beam, pile, prop).

Pronunciation

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  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [pʲirˠɤk]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /pʲirˠek/
  • Bender phonemes: {pirȩk}

Noun

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pirōk

  1. a concrete block
  2. a brick

References

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