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: [3].
  • "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 Māori ariari “visible” and ari “clear, visible”; Tahitian ariari “clear, transparent”; Samoan aliali “to appear”)

Noun

aniani

1. state of clarity, transparency
2. glass, mirror

Derived terms

• aniani kilo (“mirror”)
• aniani nānā (“mirror”)
• makaaniani (“eyeglasses”)
• pukaaniani (“window”)

Verb

aniani(stative)

1. clear, transparent
2. (figurative) obvious

Etymology 2

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

Verb

aniani

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

Māori

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)

Verb

aniani

1. to disparage, to belittle

   Synonyms: hani, hanihani

Noun

aniani

1. derision, disapproval, ridicule

Further reading

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

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.nĩ́.ã̀.nĩ́/

Noun

àníàní

1. alternative form of àní-àní