inen inah

Mokilese

Etymology

inen (“mother of”) + inah (“one's mother”)

Noun

inen inah

1. maternal grandmother

Usage notes

Like many kinship terms in Mokilese, inen inah has no non-possessive form; the third person singular possessive form (one's/his/her/its maternal grandmosther) is therefore treated as the lemma.

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977