pirōk

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ブロック (burokku), from English block, from Middle English blok (“log, stump, solid piece”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Dutch *blok (“log”), from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲirˠɤk]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲirˠek/
• Bender phonemes: {pirȩk}

Noun

pirōk

1. a concrete block
2. a brick

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary