wonmen

wonmen

Mokilese

Mokilese numbers (edit)
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    General: wonoaw
    Animate: wonmen
    Long objects: wonpas
    Pieces: wonkij
    Serial counting number: ohn
    General ordinal: kawonoaw
    Animate ordinal: kawonmen
    Long objects ordinal: kawonpas
    Pieces ordinal: kawonkij

Etymology

won- (“six”) +‎ -men (animate numeral classifier)

Numeral

wonmen

  1. the numeral six

Usage notes

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

References

  • Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎[1], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 250
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