Quechua edit

Noun edit

wantu

  1. sedan chair, litter

Declension edit

See also edit

Tok Pisin edit

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Etymology edit

From wan +‎ tu.

Adverb edit

wantu

  1. immediately, instantaneously, in an instant
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:17:
      Tasol yu no ken kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai bilong givim gutpela save long wanem samting i gutpela na wanem samting i nogut. Sapos yu kaikai, wantu bai yu dai.”
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  2. suddenly