wawine

Tawala

Noun

wawine

  1. woman
    Tauna wawine.
    She is a woman.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • wawinena (“female”)
  • waiwawiwawine (“effeminate”)

References

  • Bryan Ezard, A Grammar of Tawala: An Austronesian Language of the Milne Bay Area, Papua New Guinea (1997)
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