machi
See also: Machi
English edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
machi (plural machis)
- A traditional healer and religious leader in the Mapuche culture of Chile and Argentina.
- 2015 August 19, Pascale Bonnefoy, “Alongside a Doctor’s Care, a Dose of Traditional Healing”, in New York Times[1]:
- Many Mapuche women in La Pintana often went without health care because they did not trust conventional Western medicine or feared discrimination in public health clinics, and traveling hundreds of miles to see a machi in their communities of origin was impractical.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Noun edit
machi m (invariable)
- Alternative spelling of maki
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
machi
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
a machi (third-person singular present machește, past participle machit) 4th conj.
Conjugation edit
conjugation of machi (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
infinitive | a machi | ||||||
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gerund | machind | ||||||
past participle | machit | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | machesc | machești | machește | machim | machiți | machesc | |
imperfect | macheam | macheai | machea | macheam | macheați | macheau | |
simple perfect | machii | machiși | machi | machirăm | machirăți | machiră | |
pluperfect | machisem | machiseși | machise | machiserăm | machiserăți | machiseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să machesc | să machești | să machească | să machim | să machiți | să machească | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | machește | machiți | |||||
negative | nu machi | nu machiți |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
machi m or f (plural machis)
- machi (Mapuche traditional healer)
Further reading edit
- “machi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
machi (n class, plural machi)
- march (formal, rhythmic way of walking)