kūriij

Marshallese

Etymology

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

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

Noun

kūriij

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

Synonyms

• wiwi (“blubber”)

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary