maminye

West Makian

Etymology

From ma- (numeral adverbial prefix) +‎ minye (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.mi.ˈɲe/

Adverb

maminye

1. once, one time
2. for the first time

   waktu ramian maminye, ... ― the first time there was a feast, ...

References

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