kuriļa

See also: kurila

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”), described by Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian navigator and possible visitor to the area that later became Sierra Leone.

Pronunciation
  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [kʷurˠiːlˠɑ], (enunciated) [kʷurˠi lˠɑ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /kʷirˠijlˠæɰ/
  • Bender phonemes: {kʷiriyļah}

Noun

kuriļa (M.O.D.: kuriḷa)

  1. gorilla

References
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