baan̄ke

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English pumpkin, From Middle French pompon + English -kin, from Latin pepō, from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “large melon”), from πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”).

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [pˠɑːŋɡe], (enunciated) [pˠɑɑŋ ke]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠæɰæŋkej/
  • Bender phonemes: {bahagkȩy}

Noun

baan̄ke (M.O.D.: baañke)

  1. a pumpkin
  2. a squash
  3. a calabash

References

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