Where does “kajilmen” come from?

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

kajilmen (Mokilese): ordinal form of jilmen; third

Definitions

  1. ordinal form of jilmen; third

Ancestry of “kajilmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mokilesejilmenthe numeral three
2Mokilese-menClassifier suffix used to form the numerals used to count animate nouns
Every word from Mokilese -men →Every word from Mokilese jilmen →