makani

From Proto-Polynesian *mataŋi.

• IPA^(key): /maˈka.ni/, [məˈkɐ.ni]

makani

1. wind
2. ghost

• wili makani (“windmill”)

makani

1. (stative) to be windy
2. to blow

• ani

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “makani”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

• makanin (informal)

Affixation of makan +‎ -i.

• IPA^(key): /maˈka.ni/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ka‧ni

makani (active memakani, passive dimakani)

1. (transitive) to feed

   Synonym: makankan

   Tadi pagi aku memakani semua ayamku dengan biji-bijian.

   This morning I fed all my chickens with grain.

2. (transitive) to eat repeatedly

   Setelah para tamu meninggalkan rumah, aku memakani kue nastar yang ada di ruang tamu.

   After the guests left the house, I ate the pineapple cake in the living room (repeatedly).

• “memakani” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Arabic مَكَان (makān).

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makani (ma class, plural only)

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