dohpas

dohpas

Mokilese

Mokilese numbers (edit)
 ←  8 9
    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”) +‎ -pas (long objects numeral classifier)

Numeral

dohpas

  1. the numeral nine, used to count long objects

Usage notes

Dohpas is a form of the numeral nine used to count long objects such as canoes.

References

  • Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎[1], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 58
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