kūriij

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Marshallese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English grease, from Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Old French graisse, from Vulgar Latin *grassia, from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [kɯrˠiːtʲ], (enunciated) [kɯrˠiitʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /kirˠijitʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {kiriyij}

Noun[edit]

kūriij

  1. grease
  2. fat (of meat)
  3. blubber
  4. lard

Synonyms[edit]

  • wiwi (“blubber”)

References[edit]

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