mawiji

West Makian

Etymology

Possibly spurious; this may simply be the 3rd person animate conjugation of wiji (“to be cold, to shiver”), in reference to malaria chills.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ˈwi.d͡ʒi/

Verb

mawiji

1. (stative) to have malaria

Conjugation

Conjugation of mawiji (stative verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		timawiji	mimawiji	amawiji
2nd person		nimawiji	fimawiji
3rd person	inanimate	imawiji	dimawiji
	animate	mamawiji
imperative		—, mawiji	—, mawiji

References

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