japw
Mokilese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈcapʷ/
Noun
japw
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
| 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 | |
| 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
- 100,000,000 (108); one hundred million