būreej

Marshallese

Etymology

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

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

Noun

būreej

1. a biscuit
2. a cracker

Synonyms

• petkōj

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary