aniani

Gabadi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ni.a.ni/

Verb

aniani

  1. to eat
    a'aniani ― I ate
    Ukona rabiana eania. ― Uko ate sago.
    a'anianiva ― I am eating
    Gava eani? ― what did he eat?

Conjugation

past (real)
sm + stem 		present (real)
sm + stem + -va (pr) 		future (irr)
futsm + stem 		command (irr)
sm + ma- (irr) + stem 		medial
stem + om.posssfx + -nai
positive negative positive negative positive negative positive negative
1sg
a 		a'aniani da a'aniani a'anianiva da a'anianiva va'aniani da va'aniani ama'aniani da ama'aniani aniani’unai
2sg
o 		o'aniani da o'aniani o'anianiva da o'anianiva vo'aniani da vo'aniani oma'aniani da oma'aniani anianimunai
3sg
e 		e'aniani
or
eania 		da e'aniani
or
da eania 		e'anianiva
or
eaniava 		da e'anianiva
or
da eaniava 		ve'aniani
or
veania 		da ve'aniani
or
da veania 		ema'aniani
or
emaania 		da ema'aniani
or
da emaania 		anianinanai
1pl.incl
ka 		ka'aniani da ka'aniani ka'anianiva da ka'anianiva isa'aniani da isa'aniani kama'aniani da kama'aniani anianiganai
1pl.excl
i 		i'aniani da i'aniani i'anianiva da i'anianiva vi'aniani da vi'aniani ima'aniani da ima'aniani anianimainai
2pl
u 		u'aniani da u'aniani u'anianiva da u'anianiva vu'aniani da vu'aniani uma'aniani da uma'aniani anianimuinai
3pl
ge 		ge'aniani
or
geania 		da ge'aniani
or
da geania 		ge'anianiva
or
geaniava 		da ge'anianiva
or
da geaniava 		eda'aniani
or
edaania 		da eda'aniani
or
da edaania 		gema'aniani
or
gemaania 		da gema'aniani
or
da gemaania 		anianidanai

References

  • Oa, Morea and Ma`oni Paul. (2014-02-24). Tentative Grammar Description for the Gabadi Language. [working paper, draft created November 2013; editor: Eileen Gasaway]. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: SIL International. Available online: [1].
    • "a'aniani" (I ate), "a'anianiva" (I am eating), "va'aniani" (I will eat) - p.25
    • "eania" (he/she/it ate it/sago) in example 85 - p.34
    • "eani?" (what did he eat?), "eaniva?" (who ate the bananas?), "eanida?" (which bananas did he eat?) - p.37
    • medial verb forms - p.40

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌa.niˈa.ni/, [ˌɐ.niˈjɐ.ni]

Etymology 1

Variant of aliali reduplicated from ali from Proto-Polynesian *qali₁ (compare with Maori ariari “visible” and ari “clear, visible”; Tahitian ariari “clear, transparent”; Samoan aliali “to appear”)[1][2]

Noun

aniani

  1. state of clarity, transparency
  2. glass,[3] mirror
Derived terms
  • makaaniani (“eyeglasses”)
  • pukaaniani (“window”)

Verb

aniani(stative)

  1. clear, transparent
  2. (figurative) obvious

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “aniani”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 25
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qali.1a”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Schütz, Albert J. (1994) The voices of Eden: a history of Hawaiian language studies, →ISBN, pages 190, 196

Etymology 2

Reduplication of ani from Proto-Polynesian *aŋi₁ (compare with Maori āngi “light air, breeze”, Samoan agi “to blow [of wind]”, Tongan angi “ibid.”)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *aŋin (compare with Fijian cagi “wind”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋin (compare with Malay angin, Tagalog hangin)[2][3]

Verb

aniani

  1. to be cool, to be refreshing
  2. to blow softly

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “aniani”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 25
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “agi.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 126-7

Maori

Etymology

From hanihani reduplicating hani from Proto-Oceanic *hani (“to strip off leaves, to clear land, to cut one's hair” – compare with Tongan hanihani and hani)[1][2]

Verb

aniani

  1. to disparage, to belittle
    Synonyms: hani, hanihani

Noun

aniani

  1. derision, disapproval, ridicule

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “sani.2”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 121

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “aniani”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 11
  • “aniani” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.nĩ́.ã̀.nĩ́/

Noun

àníàní

  1. alternative form of àní-àní
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