bwasi
التعريفات والمعاني
== Dobu ==
=== Noun ===
bwasi
water
=== Further reading ===
Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
Dobu-English Dictionary (1998), compiled by David and Daphne Lithgow based on the work of J. Dixon and R.V. Grant
== Duau ==
=== Noun ===
bwasi
water
=== Further reading ===
Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
== Sranan Tongo ==
=== Alternative forms ===
gwasi
=== Etymology ===
Probably from Kongo wáasi, Beembe bwazi ("leprosy"), from Proto-Bantu *-badi (“scar, leprosy”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bwasi/, [bwa̠si], [bwɑ̟si]
=== Noun ===
bwasi
lepromatous leprosy
=== Adjective ===
bwasi
leprous
=== Derived terms ===
=== Descendants ===
Aukan: bwasi
Saramaccan: buási
=== References ===