Where does “kaijmen” come from?

kaijmen (Mokilese) comes from Mokilese ijmen, from Mokilese -men — Classifier suffix used to form the numerals used to count animate nouns.

kaijmen (Mokilese): ordinal form of ijmen; seventh

Definitions

  1. ordinal form of ijmen; seventh

Ancestry of “kaijmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mokileseijmenthe numeral seven
2Mokilese-menClassifier suffix used to form the numerals used to count animate nouns
Every word from Mokilese -men →Every word from Mokilese ijmen →