fakaeri
West Makian edit
Etymology edit
From fa- + kaeri (“to touch”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fakaeri
- (transitive) to scratch the ground for food (of chickens, etc.)
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of fakaeri (action verb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | tafakaeri | mafakaeri | afakaeri | |
| 2nd person | nafakaeri | fafakaeri | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | ifakaeri | dafakaeri | |
| animate | ||||
| imperative | nafakaeri, fakaeri | fafakaeri, fakaeri | ||
References edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics (as fakaéri)