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Papuan en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• /ˈpɑpuən/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree English Papua Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Papuan From Papua + -an.

Meanings

1. From, or pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
2. Pertaining to the Papuan group of languages.

Forms

Deriveds

Australo-Papuan babbler · Papuanness · Papuan boobook · Papuan monitor

Translations (16)

sv papuansk (pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea) · ro papua-neoguineean (pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea) · fr papou (pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea) · nn papuansk (pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea) · cs papuánský (pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea) · pt papua (pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea) · pl papuański (pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea) · nb papuansk (pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea) · pl papuaski (pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea) · fr papoue (pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea) · ga Papuach (pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea) · ru папуа́сский (pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea) · fi papualainen (pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea) · ro papuaș (pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea) · fi papuauusiguinealainen (pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea) · hu pápua (pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea)

Papuan en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• /ˈpɑpuən/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree English Papua Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Papuan From Papua + -an.

Meanings

1. Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea

Forms

Translations (21)

cs Papuánec (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · ru папуа́с (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · ru папуа́ска (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · de Papua (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · nb papuaner (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · pt papua (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · fi papuauusiguinealainen (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · sv papuan (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · fi papualainen (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · ro papuașă (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · hu pápua (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · ga Papuach (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · fr Papoue (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · hy պապուաս (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · fr Papou (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · eo papuo (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · cs Papuánka (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · nn papuanar (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · ro papuaș (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · eo papuino (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) · nn papuan (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea)

Papuan en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• /ˈpɑpuən/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree English Papua Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Papuan From Papua + -an.

Meanings

1. A geographical grouping of languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and its neighboring islands, as opposed to Austronesian.