jilmen

Mokilese

Mokilese numbers (edit)
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    General: jiluw
    Animate: jilmen
    Long objects: jilpas
    Pieces: jilkij
    Serial counting number: ejil
    General ordinal: kajiluw
    Animate ordinal: kajilmen
    Long objects ordinal: kajilpas
    Pieces ordinal: kajilkij

Etymology

jil- (“three”) +‎ -men (animate numeral classifier)

Numeral

jilmen

  1. the numeral three

Usage notes

Jilmen is the animate form of the numeral three, used to count animate nouns such as people and animals.

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