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Polynesian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia.

Forms

Deriveds

pollywog · Polynesianness · Polynesianist · Euronesian · Polynesian chestnut

Translations (19)

hu polinéz (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) · ca polinesi (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) · de polynesisch (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) · nb polynesisk (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) · nn polynesisk (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) · is pólýnesískur (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) · fi polynesialainen (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) · el πολυνησιακός (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) · uk полінезі́йський (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) · haw Polenekia (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) · tl Dampuluanin (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) · pt polinésio (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) · nl Polynesisch (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) · pl polinezyjski (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) · cs polynéský (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) · sv polynesisk (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) · gl polinesio (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) · es polinesio (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) · be палінезі́йскі (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia)

Polynesian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A person from Polynesia.
   • Blackbirding was the euphemism given to the slave-trading that occurred in the Pacific from the mid-1800s through to the early-1900s. According to one study, blackbirding, [as] “the practice of luring Melanesians and Polynesians to toil for next to nothing was called”, involved upwards of 60,000 people between 1863 and 1904 (Horne, 2007, p. 2). 2008, Andrew David Grainger, The Browning of the All Blacks: Pacific Peoples, Rugby, and the Cultural Politics of Identity in New Zealand, page 326:
   • He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain. 2007 May 27, Douglas Martin, “Kawika Kapahulehua Dies; Hawaiian Seafarer Was 76”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2021:

Forms

Deriveds

Euronesian

Translations (30)

ca polinesi (person from Polynesia) · uk полінезі́йка (person from Polynesia) · el Πολυνήσια (person from Polynesia) · be палінезі́йка (person from Polynesia) · vi người Pô-li-nê-di (person from Polynesia) · gl polinesio (person from Polynesia) · ru полинези́йка (person from Polynesia) · nn polynesiar (person from Polynesia) · fr Polynésienne (person from Polynesia) · el Πολυνήσιος (person from Polynesia) · eo polinezianino (person from Polynesia) · haw Polenekia (person from Polynesia) · pt polinésio (person from Polynesia) · pl Polinezyjka (person from Polynesia) · nl Polynesische (person from Polynesia) · ru полинези́ец (person from Polynesia) · be палінезі́ец (person from Polynesia) · uk полінезі́єць (person from Polynesia) · de Polynesier (person from Polynesia) · pl Polinezyjczyk (person from Polynesia) · cs Polynésan (person from Polynesia) · nl Polynesiër (person from Polynesia) · es polinesio (person from Polynesia) · it polinesiano (person from Polynesia) · tl Dampuluanin (person from Polynesia) · eo polineziano (person from Polynesia) · fr Polynésien (person from Polynesia) · fi polynesialainen (person from Polynesia) · it polinesiana (person from Polynesia) · nb polynesier (person from Polynesia)

Polynesian en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A language group spoken by these people.

Deriveds

Malayo-Polynesian · Proto-Polynesian

Translations (6)

pl język polinezyjski (language group of Polynesia) · gl polinesio (language group of Polynesia) · vi (thuộc) Pô-li-nê-di (language group of Polynesia) · pt polinésio (language group of Polynesia) · ca polinesi (language group of Polynesia) · el πολυνησιακά (language group of Polynesia)