machi

See also: Machi

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

machi (plural machis)

  1. A traditional healer and religious leader in the Mapuche culture of Chile and Argentina.
    • 2015 August 19, Pascale Bonnefoy, “Alongside a Doctor’s Care, a Dose of Traditional Healing”, in New York Times‎:
      Many Mapuche women in La Pintana often went without health care because they did not trust conventional Western medicine or feared discrimination in public health clinics, and traveling hundreds of miles to see a machi in their communities of origin was impractical.

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

machi m (invariable)

  1. Alternative spelling of maki

Japanese

Romanization

machi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まち

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani makhiv.

Verb

a machi (third-person singular present machește, past participle machit) 4th conj.

  1. (slang) to get drunk

Conjugation
    conjugation of machi (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
infinitive a machi
gerund machind
past participle machit
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present machesc machești machește machim machiți machesc
imperfect macheam macheai machea macheam macheați macheau
simple perfect machii machiși machi machirăm machirăți machiră
pluperfect machisem machiseși machise machiserăm machiserăți machiseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să machesc să machești să machească să machim să machiți să machească
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative machește machiți
negative nu machi nu machiți

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmat͡ʃi/ [ˈma.t͡ʃi]
  • Rhymes: -atʃi
  • Syllabification: ma‧chi

Noun

machi m or f (plural machis)

  1. machi (Mapuche traditional healer)

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English march.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

machi (n class, plural machi)

  1. march (formal, rhythmic way of walking)
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