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

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