макӏэ
Adyghe edit
Alternative forms edit
- маӏьэ (maʲʼɛ) (Abzakh dialect)
Etymology edit
Cognate with Kabardian мащӏэ (maśʼɛ, “few”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
макӏэ • (makʼɛ)
- (literary) few
- кӏэлэ макӏ иӏэ — He have few boys.
- ахъшэ макӏэ къыситгъэ — He gave me few money.
- кӏэлэхэр макӏэу екъух — The boys are few.
- ахъшэ макӏэ къыситгъэ — The beautiful boy.
- макӏэ ишӏэрэ — Few what he knows - Few what he does.
- лӏыжъым иныбжьэ макӏэп — The age of the old man is not little.
- кӏэлэхэмэ сибэнанэ яшхыгъым фэшкӏэ, бэнанэу сиӏэ нэхь макӏэу мэхъогъ — Because the boys ate my bananas, my bananas that I have become fewer.
Synonyms edit
- (few): тэкӏу (tɛkʷʼu)