OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

wa[ˈwa]

•  n. oar; paddles where two are used simultaneously.dayung; alat dayung yang dua bersimultan digunakan.

Etymology: Austronesian, cf. PCMP *bayan 'row'. Known reflexes of this are concentrated in SW Maluku, e.g., Kisar |fn{wain}, Leti |fn{vaːni} 'row'.

See also: te