Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Papua en · NOUN
Pronunciation
/ˈpaːpwə/ (Australia)
Etymology
There are three theories:
* From Malay pepuah (“curly (of hair)”) for the natives of the island of New Guinea.
* From Ternate/Tidore papo ua (“not united; not coalesced”), referring to the territory that geographically was far away from the Sultanate of Tidore (and thus not united). The territory was called papo ua gam sio (“nine village/region that is not united”).
* From Biak sup i babwa (“the land below [the sunset]”), referring to the islands (Raja Ampat) west of the Bird's Head, as far as Halmahera.
Meanings
(dated) A person indigenous to Papua.
The Papuas are so termed in the Malay language, from their extreme darkness, approaching to black. 1841, The Colonial Magazine and Commercial-Maritime Journal, page 447:
The Papua are more numerous in the Philippine Islands than anywhere else, with the exception of New Guinea. 1856, The Quarterly Review of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, page 502:
There are three theories:
* From Malay pepuah (“curly (of hair)”) for the natives of the island of New Guinea.
* From Ternate/Tidore papo ua (“not united; not coalesced”), referring to the territory that geographically was far away from the Sultanate of Tidore (and thus not united). The territory was called papo ua gam sio (“nine village/region that is not united”).
* From Biak sup i babwa (“the land below [the sunset]”), referring to the islands (Raja Ampat) west of the Bird's Head, as far as Halmahera.
Meanings
The southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, formerly administered as a separate territory to New Guinea.
The western part of New Guinea, currently part of Indonesia.
A province of Indonesia.
Muksin specifically mentioned 11 extinct indigenous languages, such as Tandia and Mawes in West Papua and Papua, along with Kajeli, Piru, Moksela, Palumata, Ternateno, Hukumina, Hoti, Serua, and Nila in different areas of Maluku. 2024 March 8, Antara, “11 Indigenous Languages Declared Extinct: Education Ministry”, in Jakarta Globe:
ko 파푸아 (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) · ka პაპუა (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) · fi Papua (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) · ga Papua (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) · ar بَابْوَا (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) · es Papúa (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) · uk Па́пуа (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) · el Παπουασία (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) · la Papua (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) · cmn 巴布亞 /巴布亚 (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) · fi Papua (province of Indonesia) · pl Papua (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) · hy Պապուա (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) · ru Па́пуа (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) · de Papua (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) · mr पापुआ (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) · ja パプア (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) · fr Papouasie (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) · rar Pāpua (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) · be Па́пуа (the southern part of Papua New Guinea)