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Japanese
Romanization
-rai
- Rōmaji transcription of らい
Mokilese
Pronunciation
Suffix
-rai
- suffix indicating a third person plural possessor
- jamah (“one's father”) + -rai → jamamwa (“their (plural) father”)
See also
Mokilese possessive suffixes
| singular possessor
|
first person
|
-i, -ioa
|
| second person
|
-mw, -mwen
|
| third person
|
-a, -n, -∅
|
| dual possessors
|
first person inclusive
|
-sa
|
| first person exclusive
|
-ma
|
| second person
|
-mwa
|
| third person
|
-ra
|
| plural possessors
|
first person inclusive
|
-sai
|
| first person exclusive
|
-mai
|
| second person
|
-mwai
|
| third person
|
-rai
|
| remote plural possessors
|
first person inclusive
|
-hs
|
| first person exclusive
|
-mi
|
| second person
|
-mwi
|
| third person
|
-hr
|
| construct form
|
|
-n
|