Definition of papuan Papuan

Papβ€’uβ€’an

We found 8 definitions of papuan from 5 different sources.

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What does papuan mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

papuan - any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages
  Papuan language
  natural language, tongue a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
papuan - a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea
  indonesian the dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia

Adjective

Papuan, papuaner, papuanest

papuan - of or relating to Papua or its people or language; "Papuan native crafts"; "Papuan vowels"
= synonym
= antonym
= related word

Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • papuan (Noun)
    Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea .
  • papuan (Adjective)
    From, or pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea .

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary πŸ“˜

  • papuan (a.)
    Of or pertaining to Papua.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary πŸ“•

  • papuan
    papβ€²Ε«-an, adj. pertaining to Papua or New Guinea.β€”n. an inhabitant of Papua: one of a race of black colour, dolichocephalic, with rough and frizzly hair, inhabiting many of the islands of the Pacific near Australia. [Malay.]

Part of speech

πŸ”€

Pronunciation

Sign Language

papuan in sign language
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