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waiwai

Bingham

wáiwai

n. the furrowed edge of the reef.
n. gonorrhoea.

wáiwai

va. afflicted with gonorrhoea.

Sabatier

waiwai

n. reefs (jutting, wai), breakwater around islands.

waiwai1

n. disease of bladder, urethra, inflammation caused by toddy contaminated by cantharides beetle.
vc. kawaiwai, kaka...: which causes waiwai.

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