Tok Pisin

Adjective

diwai

1. Wooden

Noun

diwai

1. Tree
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:11 (translation here):

     Bihain God i tok olsem, “Graun i mas kamapim ol kain kain diwai na gras na kaikai samting.”

2. Wood (timber)
3. Log, piece of wood

See also

• paiawut

References

• Ulrike Mosel, Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (1980)