oawe

Mokilese

Etymology

By surface analysis, -oaw (general object classifier) +‎ -e (1st person singular demonstrative suffix)

Demonstrative

oawe

  1. this (general object near the speaker)

Usage notes

Oawe is used only when talking about nouns in the general objects class. It refers to nouns that are nearer to the speaker than to the listener.

See also

Mokilese demonstratives
general animate long piece plural
1st person
(near speaker) 		oawe mene pase kije pwiai, pwiak
2nd person
(near hearer) 		oawen menen pasen kijen pwian
3rd person
(near neither speaker nor hearer) 		oawo meno paso kijo pwiok

References

Plautdietsch

Verb

oawe

  1. to inherit

Saterland Frisian

Preposition

oawe

  1. alternative form of ou
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