waia

English: ‘wire’.

See original Mihalic entry.

Noun forms

  1. a wire, a cable
    waia bras a copper wire
    waia i gat huk / i gat nil barbed wire
    ti waia tea strainer
    waia bilong tanim plaua a sieve
    waia karamap insulated wire

  1. Weapons: a spear with wire prongs ® spia, supsup
    sutim pis long waia to spear fish with a wire-pronged spear

Noun combination forms

  1. waia lus! expression, popularised in 1980s, for mad, crazy, bagarap
    bras, yu orait? nogat, waia lus! mate, are you okay? no, I’m going mental!

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