mawiji
West Makian
editEtymology
editPossibly spurious; this may simply be the 3rd person animate conjugation of wiji (“to be cold, to shiver”), in reference to malaria chills.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmawiji
Conjugation
editConjugation of mawiji (stative verb) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | timawiji | mimawiji | amawiji | |
2nd person | nimawiji | fimawiji | ||
3rd person | inanimate | imawiji | dimawiji | |
animate | mamawiji | |||
imperative | —, mawiji | —, mawiji |
References
edit- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics