oawen

Mokilese

Etymology

By surface analysis, oahd (“one”) +‎ -w (general numeral classifier) +‎ -en (second-person singular demonstrative suffix).

Determiner

oawen

  1. that (general object near the listener)

Usage notes

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

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

Etymology

From Old Saxon ervan, from Proto-West Germanic *arbijan, from Proto-Germanic *arbijaną.

Verb

oawen

  1. to inherit

Derived terms

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