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

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