OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 285

wadu

•  sun; day; time; period of time; hour.

wadu aun, wadaun

•  one day; once upon a day.

wadu elua he, wadeluahe, wadelhe

•  evening (before dark).

wadu iro wanat iro

•  the time has come; the time having come.

wadu lete lete

•  often.

wadu me panwaje

•  delay; defer.

wadu mura

•  noon.

wadu nanuha

•  every day.

wadu na'u nanuha

•  every day.

wadu pesara

•  festive day.

wadu saure

•  tick (of a watch or clock).

wadu tina'a

•  at present; at this very moment.

wadu tina'iti

•  now; at present.

wadu uma rana

•  in former times; formerly.

wadu ura'a

•  afterwards.

wadu wadu (nanuha)

•  every day; all days.

wadu wanata mara mara

•  after a lapse of several (many) days; in course of time.

wadu wanat tawa mara

•  in the long run; at the long last.

wadu wanat ti

•  at that time; in those times.

nahawadi

•  always (?).

una'a wadu tina'a

•  since.