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Language: Iaai

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

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