How to count in Mokilese (Mwoakilloa), a Micronesian language spoken mainly in Pohnpei state in Micronesia.
Numbers from 1-9 have different classifier suffixes attached to them depending on what is being counted. The -men classifier is used with animate nouns, such as people, animals and birds. The -pas classifier is used for long objects, such as canoes, stories, songs and roads. The -kij classifier is used for things that have parts or pieces, such as sheets of paper. The -w classifier is used for everything else.
Here are some examples: woal roahmen (two men), suhkoa rahpas (two trees), wija riahkij (two pieces of land), puk riaw (two books).
Abbreviations used: G = general (-w), A = animate (-men), L = long objects (-pas), P = partitive (-kij), S = serial numbers.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ew (G) emen (A) apas (L) ekij (P) oahd (S) |
keiow |
| 2 | riaw (G) roahmen (A) rahpas (L) riakij (P) ari (S) |
kariaw |
| 3 | jiluw (G) jilmen (A) jilpas (L) jilkij (P) ejil (S) |
kajiluw |
| 4 | pahw (G) pahmen (A) pahpas (L) pahpas (L) oapoang (S) |
kapahw |
| 5 | limoaw (G) limmen (A) limpas (L) limkij (P) alim (S) |
kalimoaw |
| 6 | wonow (G) wonmen (A) wonpas (L) wonkij (P) ohn (S) |
kawonow |
| 7 | ijuw (G) ijmen (A) ijpas (L) ijkij (P) eij (S) |
kaujuw |
| 8 | waluw (G) walmen (A) walpas (L) walkij (P) awal (S) |
kawaluw |
| 9 | duoaw (G) dohmen (A) dohpas (L) dohkij (P) adu (S) |
kaduoaw |
| 10 | eijek | |
| 11 | eijek ew | |
| 12 | eijek riaw | |
| 13 | eijek jiluw | |
| 14 | eijek pahw | |
| 15 | eijek limoaw | |
| 16 | eijek wonow | |
| 17 | eijek ijuw | |
| 18 | eijek waluw | |
| 19 | eijek duoaw | |
| 20 | rieijek | |
| 21 | rieijek ew | |
| 22 | rieijek riaw | |
| 23 | rieijek jiluw | |
| 24 | rieijek pahw | |
| 25 | rieijek limoaw | |
| 26 | rieijek wonow | |
| 27 | rieijek ijuw | |
| 28 | rieijek waluw | |
| 29 | rieijek duoaw | |
| 30 | jilihjek | |
| 40 | pahjek | |
| 50 | limeijek | |
| 60 | ijihkek | |
| 70 | woneijek | |
| 80 | walihjek | |
| 90 | dueijek | |
| 100 | epwki | |
| 104 | epwki pahw | |
| 200 | riepwki | |
| 252 | riepwki limeijek riaw | |
| 300 | jilipwki | |
| 400 | pahpwki | |
| 500 | limepwki | |
| 600 | ijipwki | |
| 700 | wonopwki | |
| 800 | walipwki | |
| 900 | dohpwki | |
| 1,000 | kid | |
| 2,000 | riakid | |
| 3,000 | jilkid | |
| 4,000 | pahkid | |
| 5,000 | limkid | |
| 6,000 | ijkid | |
| 7,000 | wonkid | |
| 8,000 | walkid | |
| 9,000 | dohkid | |
| 10,000 | nen | |
| 100,000 | lopw | |
| million | rar | |
| ten million | dep | |
| hundred million | japw | |
| billion | lik | |
| once | ehpak | |
| twice | riapak |
Compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
Information about Mokilese numbers
https://mpi-lingweb.shh.mpg.de/numeral/Mokilese.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokilese_language
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