jilpas

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word jilpas. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word jilpas, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say jilpas in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word jilpas you have here. The definition of the word jilpas will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofjilpas, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Mokilese

Mokilese numbers (edit)
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    General: jiluw
    Animate: jilmen
    Long objects: jilpas
    Pieces: jilkij
    Serial counting number: ejil
    General ordinal: kajiluw
    Animate ordinal: kajilmen
    Long objects ordinal: kajilpas
    Pieces ordinal: kajilkij

Etymology

jil- (three) +‎ -pas (long objects numeral classifier)

Numeral

jilpas

  1. the numeral three, used to count long objects

Usage notes

Jilpas is a form of the numeral three used to count long objects such as canoes.