kawaluw

Mokilese

Mokilese numbers ^(edit)

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General: waluw     Animate: walmen     Long objects: walpas     Pieces: walkij     Serial counting number: awal     General ordinal: kawaluw     Animate ordinal: kawalmen     Long objects ordinal: kawalpas     Pieces ordinal: kawalkij

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ika-walu (“eighth”), equivalent to ka- (ordinal number prefix) +‎ waluw (“eight”)

Numeral

kawaluw

1. ordinal form of waluw; eighth

Usage notes

Kawaluw is the general ordinal, used when counting nouns that are not animate, long, or pieces of other nouns.