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Pronunciation
Noun
iaia f (plural iaies)
- 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
- blood vessels, veins
- Synonyms: ua, uaua, io, ioio
- 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.