diwai

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

Either from Ramoaaina diwaai (in the Mioko dialect, divai) or from Tolai dawai.

Adjective

diwai

wooden

Noun

diwai

tree
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:11:
  Bihain God i tok olsem, “Graun i mas kamapim ol kain kain diwai na gras na kaikai samting.”
  →New International Version translation
wood (timber)
log, piece of wood

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)‎, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN

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