ļoob

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English loaf, from Middle English lof, laf, from Old English hlāf (“loaf, cake, bread, food, sacramental bread”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (“bread, loaf”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [lˠɔːpˠ], (enunciated) [lˠɔɔpˠ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /lˠɛwɛpˠ/
• Bender phonemes: {ļeweb}

Noun

ļoob (M.O.D.: ḷoob) (noun construct form ļoobin)

1. a loaf of bread

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary