dwah

Updated: May 11, 2025

Ratu Lala would generally hand the bowl to me first, and I would wash my hands in silence, but directly he started to wash his hands, everyone present, including chiefs and attendants, would start clapping their hands in even time, then one man would utter a deep and prolonged "Ah-h," when the crowd would all shout together what sounded like "Ai on dwah," followed by more even clapping.

H. Wilfrid Walker - Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines