dohmen

Mokilese

Mokilese numbers (edit)
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    General: duoaw
    Animate: dohmen
    Long objects: dohpas
    Pieces: dohkij
    Serial counting number: adu
    General ordinal: kaduoaw
    Animate ordinal: kadohmen
    Long objects ordinal: kadohpas
    Pieces ordinal: kadohkij

Etymology

doh- (“nine”) +‎ -men (animate numeral classifier)

Numeral

dohmen

  1. animate form of the numeral nine

Usage notes

Dohmen is the animate form of the numeral nine, used to only to count animate nouns such as people and animals.

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