magei

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *makëda. Cognates include Finnish makea and Estonian mage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɡei̯/
• Hyphenation: ma‧gei
• Rhymes: -ɑɡei̯

Adjective

magei (genitive magien, partitive magiedu)

1. sweet
2. tasty

Noun

magei (genitive magien, partitive magiedu)

1. sweetness, sweet

Declension

Declension of magei (Type 16/valgei, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	magei	magiet
genitive	magien	magieloin
partitive	magiedu	magieloi
illative	magieh	magieloih
inessive	magies	magielois
elative	magiespäi	magieloispäi
allative	magiele	magieloile
adessive	magiel	magieloil
ablative	magielpäi	magieloilpäi
translative	magiekse	magieloikse
essive	magiennu	magieloinnu
abessive	magiettah	magieloittah
comitative	magienke	magieloinke
instructive		magieloin
prolative	magieči

References

• Tatjana Boiko (2019) “magei”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

West Makian

Etymology

From ma- +‎ gei (“dead”). As the original form is gai, the expected prefixal form me- does not surface.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ˈɡe.i/

Verb

magei

1. (stative) to be dead
2. (intransitive) to die

   Synonym: gai

Conjugation

Conjugation of magei (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tamagei	mamagei	amagei
2nd person		namagei	famagei
3rd person	inanimate	imagei	damagei
	animate
imperative		namagei, magei	famagei, magei

References

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