Tolai language

Kuanua is apparently[clarification needed] a word in Ramoaaina meaning 'the place over there'.

For instance, the word for 'sun' in closely related languages of South New Ireland is kesakese, and this has been reduced to keake in Tolai.

Tolai is spoken on the Gazelle Peninsula in the East New Britain Province of Papua New Guinea.

Some common Tok Pisin vocabulary items that likely come from Tolai (or a closely related language) include: Phonology of the Tolai language:[2] Vowel sounds can also be realised as [ɪ, ɛ, ʌ, ɔ, ʊ].

Ordinarily, the prefix is added to the verb, as in laun 'to live' → a nilaun 'the life', ian 'to eat' → a nian 'the food', aring 'to pray' → a niaring 'the prayer'.