iaia

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Pronunciation

Noun

iaia f (plural iaies)

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

Maori

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *uaua. Doublet of uaua and ioio altogether from ua, see there for more details.

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
  • “iaia” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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