Word Class: VIntrI1
to die; (figuratively) to be exhausted, to be dying of exhaustion; to be dying (of hunger, thirst, etc.); , (fire) to go out.
Notes: or VIntrI2 ((Nonpast3 usually =ngawa-'-ng for future punctual, =ngawi-'-yn for future negative), 8.4.1, 12.10.5, 15.12.1, 34.7.4, 34.7.4rdp, 40.5.2/3, 47.6.4, 47.9.3rdp, 71.32.2rdp, 163.2.1 (thirst), 163.18.1 (thirst), 170.3.2rdp. Exx. of Nonpast: =ngawa-'-ng 71.24.4, 17.14.6, 90.1.5; =ngawi-'-yn 71.32.3, 71.33.1. Caus: =ngawi-'-jga- VTrA1 to cause to die. (uncommon) Recip. of preceding: =ngawi-'-jga-ynji- VIntrI2 to cause each other to die, to be responsible for each other s death. 47.17 Mult: -lhagarra=ngawi-'-. 40.7.5, 40.11.3, 47.9.2rdp, 107.2.1 (fish), 108.8.5, 157.12.3rdp, 163.2.1. Etym: Refl. of =ngawa- to cover (death and senility are often represented in terms of having one s brain covered up) There are no other common terms for to die (i.e., it is not necessary to use euphemisms), but cf. =jaadu-gi-'- (s.v. jaadug). Abstract noun: see ngawi-i.