kawaluw

== Mokilese == === Etymology === From Proto-Micronesian *ka-walu (“eighth”), from Proto-Oceanic *ka-walu (“eighth”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ika-walu (“eighth”). By surface analysis, ka- (ordinal number prefix) +‎ waluw (“eight”) === Numeral === kawaluw ordinal form of waluw; eighth ==== Usage notes ==== Kawaluw is the general ordinal, used when counting nouns that are not animate, long, or pieces of other nouns. === References === Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎[1], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 101