pekpek wara

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From pekpek (“excrement”) +‎ wara (“water”).

Noun

pekpek wara

1. diarrhea
   • 1997, anonymous author, Kirap!‎^[1]:

     Long olgeta de inap 8,000 pikinini i save dai long pekpek wara, long wanem, wara i pinis long skin.

     Some eight thousand children die each day from diarrheic dehydration.

Synonyms

• dairia (less common)