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)

Further reading

• “machi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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)