wiji

Javanese

Noun

wiji

1. Romanization of ꦮꦶꦗꦶ

Mapudungun

Noun

wiji (Raguileo spelling)

1. south

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit बीज (bīja, “seed”). Doublet of wīja.

Noun

wiji

1. seed, kernel
2. content, substance
3. unit in counting

Derived terms

• awiji
• rwaṅ wiji
• sawiji
• sawiji-wiji
• wiji kawah
• wiji mata
• wijyan
• wiwiji

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦮꦶꦗꦶ (wiji)
  • → Ternate: wiji

References

• "wiji" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Ternate

Etymology

Likely from Javanese ꦮꦶꦗꦶ (wiji, “seed”) (cf. ꦮꦶꦗꦺꦤ꧀ (wijèn, “sesame seed”)), from Old Javanese wiji.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwi.d͡ʒi]

Noun

wiji

1. sesame seed

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwi.d͡ʒi/

Verb

wiji

1. (stative) to be cold

   de tiwiji ― I am cold

2. (stative) to be shivering

Conjugation

Conjugation of wiji (stative verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tiwiji	miwiji	awiji
2nd person		niwiji	fiwiji
3rd person	inanimate	iwiji	diwiji
	animate	mawiji
imperative		—, wiji	—, wiji

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics