Kiwai

noun

Ki·​wai

kēˈwäē

plural Kiwai or Kiwais

1

a

: a Papuan people inhabiting islands at the mouth of the Fly River, Territory of Papua

b

: a member of such people

2

: the language of the Kiwai people

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