OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Josselin de Jong (1937): Woirata

Page number: 243

jawan(i)

•  good.

Note: jawani is also used in the sense of religious worship, ritual

jajawanin(i)

•  who are very good; quite good; being very good etc.; peace; prosperity; safety.

jawanin muduni

•  well-being; inner peace; contentedness.

jawanin pai

•  make peace; satisfy.

pai jawani

•  mediate; act as a mediator.

pai to rō jawani

•  make peace; reconcile.

jawani uste

•  perform religious rites.

Literally: ask well-being etc