inen jamah

Mokilese

Etymology

inen (“mother of”) + jamah (“one's father”)

Noun

inen jamah

1. paternal grandmother

Usage notes

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

References

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