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magei

Livvi

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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magei (genitive magien, partitive magiedu)

  1. sweet
  2. tasty

Noun

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magei (genitive magien, partitive magiedu)

  1. sweetness, sweet

Declension

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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

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

West Makian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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magei

  1. (stative) to be dead
  2. (intransitive) to die
    Synonym: gai

Conjugation

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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

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