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) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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