mahaki

From Proto-Polynesian *masaki, from Proto-Oceanic *masakit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakit.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ha.ki/

mahaki

1. sickness

   Mahalo pē ‘oku ‘ikai te ke hokosia ‘a e ngaahi faka‘ilonga ‘o e mahaki ‘oku taku ko e hoha‘a ki he pa‘angá.

   Perhaps you do not experience the symptoms of the so-called money sickness syndrome.

2. disease

   Ne si‘i mate hono foha ta‘u 11 ‘i he mahaki tatau pē.

   She had lost another son, then 11 years old, to the same disease.

3. ailment
4. patient

Temperamental or characteristic fondness or liking; 'weakness', craze, addiction.

mahaki

1. sick
2. ill
3. dead (polite for mate)