iaia

See also: Iaià

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈja.jə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈja.ja]

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Noun

iaia f (plural iaies)

1. female equivalent of iaio (“grandma; old woman”)

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *uaua. Doublet of ua, uaua, and ioio. By surface analysis, reduplication of ua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiaia/ [ˈiɐiɐ]

Noun

iaia

1. blood vessels, veins

   Synonyms: ua, uaua, io, ioio

2. sinews; tendons

   Synonyms: ua, uaua, io, ioio

References

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “iaia”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 87
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “iaia”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Taulil

Noun

iaia

1. grandfather

References

• Meng, Chenxi (2018), A Grammar of Tulil (PhD thesis)‎^[1], page 8