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Marshallese
Etymology
Borrowed from English silver, from Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, seolofor (“silver”), from Proto-Germanic *silubrą (“silver”), of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): , (enunciated)
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /tʲelʲpˠæɰ/
- Bender phonemes: {jȩlbah}
Noun
jelba (construct form jelbain)
- silver
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