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Language: Iaai

Source/Author:  Ozanne-Rivierre (1984) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:iai  Glottocode: iaai1238 
Notes:  Spoken on Ouvea Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia.
y = high front rounded vowel; tr, dr, nr ... = retroflex; th = theta; hw, hm ... are voiceless.

Ozanne-Rivierre, F. (1984). Dictionnaire iaai-français (Ouvéa, Nouvelle-Calédonie), suiv d'un lexique français-iaai. SELAF (Langues et cultures du Pacifique 6), Paris. 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Loyalty Islands 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
71 to stab, pierce      
82 dull, blunt      
93 to pound, beat word info      
208 Fifty word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
7 to come aiə      
10 dirty kɔnɔ      
14 belly ylaiiñ      
21 to think yñkyme      
30 mouth jehmæ-      
39 to cook word info olɔ trans.    
41 to bite oloy      
49 to lie down word info ulili      
54 man/male baga      
57 husband aeɔɔ-      
58 wife aeɔɔ-      
64 to say haa      
66 to tie up, fasten hykɔlɔ      
67 to sew word info tibetr      
69 to hunt word info bwec      
74 to kill hliŋɔ      
77 to scratch word info dravec      
79 stick/wood utəə      
80 to split word info koy      
88 to squeeze word info oowaa      
91 to buy ycy      
95 to fall word info luŋ      
103 meat/flesh uutiəə      
105 tail hmokune-      
113 branch word info aŋə      
118 grass ajilaat      
123 to flow hiŋələ      
123 to flow drii      
127 woods/forest hñoot      
132 fog sahot      
137 to blow word info tyɔ      
139 cold word info hnrathu      
146 ash drəu 1 or 67?   L?
154 short word info oxulit      
158 narrow hnreek      
159 wide laau Pn loan?   L?
167 night hñiŋeetr      
169 year hunaa      
170 when? word info kehəə      
171 to hide word info ixələ      
175 above hon      
176 below hmwelen      
178 that eliŋ      
181 where? word info ua      
188 what? word info iey      
190 other kese different   L
191 all hia      
195 no, not e bæ      
196 to count ay      
201 Five word info baa|xaca hand one    
204 Eight word info thabyŋ ke nua kun      
205 Nine word info thabyŋ ke nua væk      
206 Ten word info baa|lo hand two    
207 Twenty word info baa|væk hand four    
209 One Hundred word info thabyŋ ta vææt five men    
6 road/path ge|ðen   1  
12 skin une-   1  
16 intestines taŋ tiiñ basket excrement 1  
17 liver ak   1  
18 breast ba|si-   1  
23 blood dra   1  
28 to breathe ho|menɔ   1  
31 tooth ñu   1  
34 to cry teŋe   1  
35 to vomit hmita   1  
37 to eat an   1  
37 to eat han   1  
43 ear bara|kəñe-   1  
44 to hear ləŋ   1  
45 eye ec-mæk   1  
48 to sleep mokutr   1  
59 mother hiñe-   1  
60 father kame-   1  
61 house uma   1  
65 rope təə   1  
75 to die, be dead mk   1  
97 bird menɔ   1  
98 egg waakuñ   1  
99 feather le|y-   1  
107 worm (earthworm) biget   1  
108 louse word info uto   1  
109 mosquito minɔ < M 1  
111 fish wɔɔ   1  
114 leaf la-   1  
116 flower vəŋo-   1  
117 fruit wa-   1  
119 earth/soil kɔnɔ   1  
120 stone (i)veto   1  
121 sand əñ   1  
128 sky draañ   1  
136 wind   1  
160 painful, sick mk = die 1  
161 shy, ashamed hmehmæ 'honte' = shame (n.) 1  
180 far sɔɔkɔy   1  
183 thou au   1  
184 he/she e   1  
187 they ədra   1  
189 who? word info iaa   1  
198 Two word info lo   1  
199 Three word info kun   1  
200 Four word info væk   1  
76 to live, be alive mwəətr   1, 76  
63 name ye   1, 18  
182 I iña   1, 22  
73 to steal venɔu   1, 58  
2 left me   1, 59  
62 thatch/roof ot   1, 61  
144 to burn word info thoŋ   1, 7  
166 correct, true cici   102?  
138 warm word info mææge   108  
112 rotten word info bebŋ   10?  
140 dry word info hme   11  
140 dry word info mada   11  
20 to know, be knowledgeable xanaa   116  
20 to know, be knowledgeable xataa   116  
165 bad, evil monru   118  
165 bad, evil monu   118  
55 woman/female moomo   119  
87 to swell word info xibi swollen 12  
131 cloud word info ylɔɔ   12  
193 if anee   12  
46 to see   123?  
141 wet xubet   124  
95 to fall word info kəlu   132  
153 big gaan   133  
78 to cut, hack word info gəə   133?  
139 cold word info megic   134  
162 old word info hiŋat   137  
4 leg/foot ca   13?  
1 hand beñi-   14  
36 to spit haŋəc   14  
101 to fly   14  
197 One word info xaca   14  
152 small yhnikoŋ   145  
203 Seven word info thabyŋ ke nua lo   15  
174 in, inside hñi   15?  
168 day boŋ   16  
155 long word info bey   16?  
25 neck ñii-   18  
173 at hñi   18  
47 to yawn əəhaem   19, 30  
22 to fear outen   1?  
86 to grow word info kyy   1?  
90 to dig hiñ   1?  
101 to fly lalay   1?  
124 sea kəiə   1?  
142 heavy hmææk   1?  
149 red dra cf. blood 1?  
192 and kene VPs, 'and then' 1?, 2?  
15 bone jəə   2  
52 to stand tetr   2  
52 to stand totr   2  
84 to plant taa   2  
100 wing baje|beñi-   2  
100 wing la-beñi-   2  
115 root wɔɔ-   2  
145 smoke word info hai   2  
192 and me NPs 2  
42 to suck cem   21  
148 white hau   22  
156 thin word info haleləy   22  
70 to shoot word info xyɔ   23  
186 you əbun   23  
172 to climb word info ələ   23?  
201 Five word info thabyŋ   26  
133 rain we   27  
194 how? word info kɔmɔu   27?  
84 to plant cekən   2?  
175 above ban   2?  
9 to swim haai   30  
26 hair word info le|yne-n ba- ba- = head 31  
90 to dig ɔc   33  
90 to dig hək   33  
89 to hold word info kɔɔtr   35?  
85 to choose yca   36  
85 to choose hyce   36  
53 person/human being at   4  
29 to sniff, smell bon   42  
83 to work word info huliwa   42  
106 snake on   43  
68 needle jeby   44  
150 yellow hmæhmætr   45  
195 no, not ohe   45  
151 green udrudrɔ   47  
177 this aaŋ   48  
177 this eaŋ   48  
33 to laugh hluma   48?  
178 that elee   48?  
56 child wanakat = young person 5  
56 child noko- = offspring of 5  
3 right metɔ   5, 13  
143 fire meic   51  
94 to throw word info degec   51?  
27 nose hñiŋəiñ   52  
164 good soo   53  
202 Six word info thabyŋ ke nua xaca   54  
179 near hakekeñ   56  
129 moon tehi   58  
5 to walk hele Pn loan? 6 L?
5 to walk he   6  
102 rat tep   6  
81 sharp xetr sharpen 60?  
51 to sit laba 'assis' (seated) 61  
122 water word info kələ   61  
122 water word info kəiə   61  
163 new thep   67  
40 to drink ic   69  
32 tongue bo|hme-   7  
157 thick word info haki   72  
38 to chew word info hicɔ   75  
50 to dream bwi   75  
50 to dream boo   75  
135 lightning hucyce   76  
185 we word info əhmun excl. 77  
185 we word info ətin incl 78  
72 to hit word info kot   8  
126 lake nem   8  
92 to open, uncover xəəŋ   80  
13 back word info ju   82  
134 thunder thaan   86  
19 shoulder abeñi-   9  
24 head ba-   9  
39 to cook word info ətr intrans. (human subject) 9  
116 flower sei   9  
11 dust sesɔ   91  
8 to turn word info hwiə   91?  
130 star oxyy   92  
110 spider wahaii|hnɔɔ   98  
147 black hlitr   98?  
96 dog kuli PN loan L L
104 fat/grease giris Eng. loan L L
125 salt sɔɔtr Eng. loan L L

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