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Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English wild dog.
Noun
weldok
- wild dog, fox, wolf
Usage notes
Only used to mean "wolf" in translations of English texts which include wolves, as there are no wolves in Papua New Guinea.
References
- Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008) Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 120
- Verhaar, John. (1995) Towards a Reference Grammar of Tok Pisin, University of Hawai'i Press, page 175