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pwii

noun

LanguageChuukese

Meaning
  1. brother; when said by a male
  2. sister; when said by a female
  3. sibling of the same gender
  4. A word used to refer to one's brother if the speaker is male, or one's sister if the speaker is female.
Examples

Iei pwii kewe.

These are my brothers/sisters.

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThis term is gender-specific depending on whether the speaker is a man or a woman.

Status: AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.