kilaj

Marshallese

Alternative forms

• kilaaj

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [kilʲɑːtʲ], (enunciated) [kilʲ ɑtʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kilʲɰætʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {kilhaj}

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English glass, from Middle English glas, from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”).

Noun

kilaj

1. a mirror
2. glass (material)

Synonyms

• kapjer (“mirror”)
• kapjor (“mirror”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English class, from Middle French classe, from Latin classis (“a class or division of the people, assembly of people, the whole body of citizens called to arms, the army, the fleet, later a class or division in general”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”).

Noun

kilaj

1. a class
2. a category

Verb

kilaj

1. to be in a class

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary