Kiuba

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Cuba, itself from Spanish Cuba.

Pronunciation

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [kiuːbˠɑ], (enunciated) [kiu pˠɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kijiwpˠæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {kiyiwbah}

Proper noun

Kiuba

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

References

• Abo, Takaji; Bender Byron W.; Capelle, Alfred; DeBrum, Tony (2009–), “Kiuba”, in Marshallese–English Online Dictionary‎^[1]