gegele

Niuean

Etymology

Reduplication of gele.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋeːŋeːleː/

Verb

gegele

1. (intransitive) to make a crying sound; cry

References

• Wolfgang B. Sperlich, editor (1997), Tohi Vagahau Niue—Niue Language Dictionary‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 99

West Makian

Etymology

Partial reduplication of gele (“blunt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡe.ˈɡe.l̪e/

Verb

gegele

1. (stative) alternative form of gele (“blunt”)

Conjugation

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

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics