inah

Mokilese

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *ina (“mother”)

Noun

inah (construct inen)

1. (one's) mother

Usage notes

Like many kinship terms in Mokilese, inah has no non-possessive form; the third person singular possessive form (one's/his/her/its mother) is therefore treated as the lemma.

Derived terms

• inen inah
• inen jamah