milinga
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West Makian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely cognate to Sahu 'elingi, Ternate eli.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]milinga
- (transitive) to think of
- (transitive) to pay attention to
- (transitive) to remember
- (transitive) to love
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of milinga (action verb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | temilinga | memilinga | amilinga | |
| 2nd person | nemilinga | femilinga | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | imilinga | demilinga | |
| animate | ||||
| imperative | nimilinga, milinga | fimilinga, milinga | ||
References
[edit]- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics (as milingá)