-pwi

Mokilese

Suffix

-pwi

  1. plural indefinite article suffix; some
    ‎woal (“man”) + ‎-pwi → ‎woalpwi (“some men”)

See also

Mokilese determinative suffixes
Demonstratives Singular Plural
Proximal (near speaker) -e -kai
Medial (near hearer) -en, -n -kan
Distal (near neither speaker nor hearer) -o, -u -ok
Articles
indefinite -w, -men, -pas, -kij -pwi
definite -wa -wa

Unami

Etymology

Suffix

-pwi (verb-forming suffix, VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

  1. To eat.

Conjugation

conjugation of -pwi
-pwi
1st person singular n- -pwi
2nd person singular k- -pwi
3rd person singular -pu
1st person plural inclusive n- -pwihëna
1st person plural exclusive k- -pwihëna
2nd person plural k- -pwihëmo
3rd person plural -puwàk

Derived terms

Unami terms suffixed with -pwi
katupwi
kispwi
lòkwënipwi
èhèntalipwink
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