West Makian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ma- (numeral adverbial prefix) + minye (“one”).
Pronunciation[edit]
maminye
- once, one time
- for the first time
- waktu ramian maminye, ... ― the first time there was a feast, ...
References[edit]
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics