kwila

See also: kwilą

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tok Pisin kwila.

Noun

kwila (plural kwilas)

  1. Intsia bijuga
    • 2004, Lawrence McCane, Melanesians Stories, Madang: Marist Brothers, →ISBN, page 188:
      His left hand wheel hit a kwila stump, about five feet high. [Kwila is an ironwood; its timber is so heavy it does not float.]

Further reading

Tok Pisin

Noun

kwila

  1. ironwood tree
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