nuwoi

Aiwoo

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *na waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

nuwoi

1. fresh water

See also

• sopoi
• nelo

References

• Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: Äiwoo
• B. H. Frostad, Syntactic and Semantic Aspects of some Verbs of Motion and Location in Äiwoo (2006)
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

Axamb

Noun

nuwoi

1. (Avok) water

Further reading

• ABVD/ABVD