baļwūn

Marshallese

ipa-rows
Definitions
  • an airplane

Etymology

Borrowed from English balloon derived from Middle French ballon derived from Italian pallone (large ball, ball) derived from *palla derived from Old French balle derived from Frankish *ballu, *balla (ball) derived from Proto-Germanic *ballô (ball) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (bubble, round thing), *bʰel- (shine, swell, blow, inflate, roar, sound, gleam, bark, white, shiny, light, speak, be white, bright, yell, swell up, blow up, shimmer, bubble, sparkle).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰel-

Gloss

shine, swell, blow, inflate, roar, sound, gleam, bark, white, shiny, light, speak, be white, bright, yell, swell up, blow up, shimmer, bubble, sparkle

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

白

Emoji
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