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-bukwi

[-pˠikʷij]

suffix

LanguageMarshallese

Meaning
  1. hundreds place suffix
  2. A suffix added to numbers to indicate that the quantity is in the hundreds.
Examples

juon (‘one’) + -bukwi → jibukwi (‘one hundred’)

One + -bukwi becomes one hundred.

Pronunciation-pˠikʷij

Part of speechsuffix

Usage noteThis suffix is attached to the base number to form the value in hundreds.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.