gegele
Niuean edit
Etymology edit
Reduplication of gele.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gegele
- make a crying sound; cry
West Makian edit
Etymology edit
Partial reduplication of gele (“blunt”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gegele
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of gegele (stative verb) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tigegele | migegele | agegele | |
2nd person | nigegele | figegele | ||
3rd person | inanimate | igegele | digegele | |
animate | magegele | |||
imperative | —, gegele | —, gegele |
References edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics