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^[1]:

     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

• Chaim, Micah

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)
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 35:

     Dicen algunos entendidos en asuntos de brujería, que el territorio de la República está dividido en tres cantones o estados independientes, el del Norte, el del Centro y el del Sur, gobernada cada uno de ellos por un Machi, poderoso hechicero de vastísima ciencia, que ejercita su autoridad despótica sobre todos los Brujos de la región que le está sometida.

     Some experts in witchcraft say that the territory of the Republic is divided into three independent regions or states, that of the North, the Center, and the South, each of them governed by a machi, a powerful sorceror of extremely vast knowledge, who exercises their despotic authority over all witches in the region under their control.

Further reading

• “machi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English march.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

machi (n class, plural machi)

1. march (formal, rhythmic way of walking)

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Munsee máachiiw (“he goes home”). Likely cognate with Massachusett monchu (“he goes”), Mohegan-Pequot môci (“he goes away, heads off”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

machi (third plural indicative machiyok) (animate intransitive)

1. (animate, intransitive) he/she goes home

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of machi

machi
1st person singular	nëmachi
2nd person singular	këmachi
3rd person singular	machi
1st person plural inclusive	nëmachihëna
1st person plural exclusive	këmachihëna
2nd person plural	këmachihëmo
3rd person plural	machiyok

present conjunct conjugation of machi

machi
1st person singular	machia
2nd person singular	machiàn
3rd person singular	machit
1st person plural inclusive	machiànk
1st person plural exclusive	machiànk
2nd person plural	machièkw
3rd person plural	machihtit

subjunctive conjugation of machi

machi
1st person singular	machiane
2nd person singular	machiàne
3rd person singular	machite
1st person plural inclusive	machiànke
1st person plural exclusive	machiànke
2nd person plural	machièkwe
3rd person plural	machihtite

Imperative

machi	Imperative
2nd person singular	machi
2nd person plural	machikw
1st person plural	machitàm

Related terms

• mòchalao

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “machi”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project