baļwūn

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Marshallese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English balloon, (possibly via Middle French ballon) from Italian pallone (“large ball”) from palla (“ball”), from Lombardic *palla. The Northern Italian form, balla (“ball-shaped bundle”), today a doublet, likely derived from Old French balle, from Frankish *balla (“ball”), and may have influenced the spelling of this word. Both Germanic words are from Proto-Germanic *ballô (“ball”), *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”).

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): , (enunciated)
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠælˠwinʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {baļwin}

Noun

baļwūn (M.O.D.: baḷwūn) (construct form baļwūnin, person noun ri-baļwūn)

  1. an airplane

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