-oaw

Mokilese

Suffix

-oaw

1. indefinite article suffix for general object-class nouns; a (general object)

   ‎puk (“book”) + ‎-oaw → ‎pukkoaw (“a book”)

See also

Mokilese determinative suffixes

Demonstratives	Singular	Plural
Proximal (near speaker)	-e	-kai
Medial (near hearer)	-en, -n	-kan
Distal (near neither speaker nor hearer)	-o, -u	-ok
Articles
indefinite	-ew, -men, -oaw, -pas, -kij	-pwi
definite	-wa	-wa