kūreep

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Marshallese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English grape, from Middle English grape, from Old French grape, grappe, crape (cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes), from graper, craper (to pick grapes, literally to hook), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *krappō (hook), from Proto-Indo-European *greb- (hook), *gremb- (crooked, uneven), from *ger- (to turn, bend, twist).

Pronunciation

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  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [kɯrˠeːpʲ], (enunciated) [kɯrˠeepʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /kirˠejepʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {kirȩyȩp}

Noun

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kūreep

  1. a grape
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References

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