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kwila

kwila noun: intsia bijuga.

Noun

kwila (plural kwilas)

  1. Intsia bijuga
    • 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.]2004, Lawrence McCane, Melanesians Stories, Madang: Marist Brothers, →ISBN, page 188

Forms of kwila

pluralkwilas

Origin of kwila

Borrowed from Tok Pisin kwila.

Questions about kwila

What does kwila mean?
Kwila means intsia bijuga.
What part of speech is kwila?
Kwila is a noun.
What is the plural of kwila?
The plural of kwila is kwilas.

Words near kwila in the dictionary

  1. kwik
  2. kwik cricket
  3. kwikker
  4. kwikkest
  5. Kwikwetlem
  6. kwila
  7. Kwinana
  8. KWIPS
  9. kwise
  10. kwitcherbitchin
  11. Kwok

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