iaia

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

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.