Iaai
Facts
- Language: Iaai
- Alternate names: Hwen Iaai, Iai, Yai
- Language code: iai
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Southern Melanesian, New Caledonian, Loyalty Islands
- Number of speakers: 4080
- Script:
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Introduction
Iaai is a language of New Caledonia. It is spoken in Loyalty Islands, Ouvéa.
The Iaai Verb
Verblist
- aiə -- to come
- an, han -- to eat
- ay -- to count
- bon -- to sniff, smell
- boo, bwi -- to dream
- bwec -- to hunt
- ɔc, hək, hiñ -- to dig
- cekən, taa -- to plant
- cem -- to suck
- degec -- to throw
- dravec -- to scratch
- drii, hiŋələ -- to flow
- əəhaem -- to yawn
- ələ -- to climb
- ətr, olɔ -- to cook
- gɔ, lalay -- to fly
- gəə -- to cut, hack
- haa -- to say
- haai -- to swim
- haŋəc -- to spit
- he, hele -- to walk
- hicɔ -- to chew
- hliŋɔ -- to kill
- hluma -- to laugh
- hmita -- to vomit
- ho|menɔ -- to breathe
- huliwa -- to work
- hwiə -- to turn
- hyce, yca -- to choose
- hykɔlɔ -- to tie up, fasten
- ic -- to drink
- ixələ -- to hide
- kɔɔtr -- to hold
- kəlu, luŋ -- to fall
- kot -- to hit
- koy -- to split
- kyy -- to grow
- laba -- to sit
- ləŋ -- to hear
- mk -- to die, be dead
- mokutr -- to sleep
- mwəətr -- to live, be alive
- oloy -- to bite
- oowaa -- to squeeze
- outen -- to fear
- teŋe -- to cry
- tetr, totr -- to stand
- thoŋ -- to burn
- tibetr -- to sew
- tyɔ -- to blow
- ulili -- to lie down
- venɔu -- to steal
- wɔ -- to see
- xanaa, xataa -- to know, be knowledgeable
- xəəŋ -- to open, uncover
- xibi -- to swell
- xyɔ -- to shoot
- ycy -- to buy
- yñkyme -- to think