mahaki
Tongan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *masakit (compare East Futuna masaki, Maori maki, Hawaiian ma‘i), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakit (compare Malay sakit, Acehnese sakét).
Noun
mahaki
- sickness
- Mahalo pē ‘oku ‘ikai te ke hokosia ‘a e ngaahi faka‘ilonga ‘o e mahaki ‘oku taku ko e hoha‘a ki he pa‘angá.
- Perhaps you do not experience the symptoms of the so-called money sickness syndrome.
- disease
- Ne si‘i mate hono foha ta‘u 11 ‘i he mahaki tatau pē.
- She had lost another son, then 11 years old, to the same disease.
- ailment
- patient
Usage notes
Temperamental or charecteristic fondness or liking; 'weakness', craze, addiction.
Adjective
mahaki
- sick
- ill
- dead (polite for mate)