diwai
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Either from Ramoaaina diwaai (in the Mioko dialect, divai) or from Tolai dawai.
Adjective
diwai
Noun
diwai
See also
References
- Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)[1], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
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