mawiji

West Makian

Etymology

Possibly spurious; this may simply be the 3rd person animate conjugation of wiji (“to be cold, to shiver”), in reference to malaria chills.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ˈwi.d͡ʒi/

Verb

mawiji

  1. (stative) to have malaria

Conjugation

Conjugation of mawiji (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person timawiji mimawiji amawiji
2nd person nimawiji fimawiji
3rd person inanimate imawiji dimawiji
animate mamawiji
imperative —, mawiji —, mawiji

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics
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