japw

Mokilese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcapʷ/

Noun

japw

1. land

Usage notes

Japw is usually treated as a member of the "parts" class of nouns, but is treated as a general class noun when being quantified by a fraction.

Inflection

Forms of japw

	singular	plural
demonstrative forms
1st person (near speaker)	joapwwe	japwkai
2nd person (near hearer)	joapwwen	japwken
3rd person (near neither speaker nor hearer)	joapwwo	joapwwok
article forms
indefinite	japwmen	japwpwi
definite	japwwa

Possessive forms of japw (loose inalienable possession, -ah stem)

singular possessor	first person		joapwoai
	second person		joapwoamw
	third person		japwah
dual possessors	first person inclusive		japwasa
	first person exclusive		japwama
	second person		japwamwa
	third person		japwara
plural possessors	first person inclusive		japwasai
	first person exclusive		japwamai
	second person		japwamwai
	third person		japwarai
remote plural possessors	first person inclusive		japwahs
	first person exclusive		jepwemi
	second person		jepwemwi
	third person		japwahr
construct form			jepwen

Derived terms

• doadoahk in japw (“agriculture”)
• japw soahn (“desert”)

Numeral

japw

1. 100,000,000 (10⁸); one hundred million