Where does “kawalkij” come from?

kawalkij (Mokilese) comes from Mokilese walkij, from Mokilese -kij — Classifier suffix used to form the numerals used to count pieces of other objects.

kawalkij (Mokilese): ordinal form of pahkij; eighth

Definitions

  1. ordinal form of pahkij; eighth

Ancestry of “kawalkij”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mokilesewalkijthe numeral eight, used to count pieces
2Mokilese-kijClassifier suffix used to form the numerals used to count pieces of other objects
Every word from Mokilese -kij →Every word from Mokilese walkij →