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Marshallese
Etymology
Borrowed from English pilot, from Middle French pilot, pillot, from Italian pilota, piloto, older also pedotta, pedot(t)o (the form in pil- is probably influenced by pileggiare (“to sail, navigate”)); ultimately from unattested Byzantine Greek *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, “helmsman”), from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdón, “blade of an oar, oar”).
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): , (enunciated)
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠæɰjilˠætˠ/
- Bender phonemes: {bahyiļat}
Noun
baiļat (M.O.D.: baiḷat)
- a pilot
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