Ismael Isikel 2/03/2017 Edition
Wawi is a term used mostly by females to mean sister. Today it is used more frequently than tanawawigu. For some reason some males now are using the term wawi to call each other brother. I guess it is to do with dialect variations or perhaps it is a popular expression in some parts of the Kuanua speaking community. It may die out soon or later or remain permanent as it spreads in usage. However, if you watch the social media some Kuanua speakers do not agree and frown upon males using the term wawi to address each other as brother. The terms that males use to address each other is the opposite of wawi and that is turan.Turan means brother or bro as is commonly abbreviated. Turagu means my brother and turana means his brother. Turana now is used in place of turagu which is odd in the sense that you are pointing out your brother as someone else's brother in addressing him as your brother. Odd?
Let us wait and see, but language does change.
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