aniani

== Gabadi == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ni.a.ni/ === Verb === aniani to eat a'aniani ― I ate Ukona rabiana eania. ― Uko ate sago. a'anianiva ― I am eating Gava eani? ― what did he eat? ==== Conjugation ==== === 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 Māori ariari “visible” and ari “clear, visible”; Tahitian ariari “clear, transparent”; Samoan aliali “to appear”) ==== Noun ==== aniani state of clarity, transparency glass, mirror ===== Derived terms ===== aniani kilo (“mirror”) aniani nānā (“mirror”) makaaniani (“eyeglasses”) pukaaniani (“window”) ==== Verb ==== aniani(stative) clear, transparent (figurative) obvious ==== References ==== === 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 to be cool, to be refreshing to blow softly ==== References ==== == 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 to disparage, to belittle Synonyms: hani, hanihani === Noun === aniani derision, disapproval, ridicule === References === === 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 alternative form of àní-àní