ijuw

Mokilese

Mokilese numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 7 8  → 
    General: ijuw
    Animate: ijmen
    Long objects: ijpas
    Pieces: ijkij
    Serial counting number: eij
    General ordinal: kaijuw
    Animate ordinal: kaijmen
    Long objects ordinal: kaijpas
    Pieces ordinal: kaijkij

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *pitu (“seven”) + -w (general number classifier)

Numeral

ijuw

  1. the numeral seven

Usage notes

Ijuw is the general form of the numeral seven, used for general counting and to count the number of inanimate objects that are not considered long or composed of multiple pieces.

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