Papuan

See also: papuan

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpuən/

• Audio (General American):

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Adjective

Papuan (comparative more Papuan, superlative most Papuan)

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

Derived terms

• Australo-Papuan babbler
• Papuan boobook
• Papuan monitor
• Papuanness

Translations

pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea

• Czech: papuánský (cs)
• Finnish: papualainen, papuauusiguinealainen (fi)
• French: papou (fr) m, papoue (fr) f
• Hungarian: pápua (hu)
• Irish: Papuach
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: papuansk (no)

  Nynorsk: papuansk

• Polish: papuaski (pl), papuański (pl) (pertaining to Papua New Guinea)
• Portuguese: papua
• Romanian: papuaș (ro), papua-neoguineean (pertaining to Papua New Guinea)
• Russian: папуа́сский (ru) (papuásskij)
• Swedish: papuansk (sv)

Noun

Papuan (plural Papuans)

1. Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea

Translations

Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea

• Armenian: պապուաս (papuas)
• Czech: Papuánec (cs) m, Papuánka (cs) f
• Esperanto: papuo (♂♀), papuino (♀)
• Finnish: papualainen, papuauusiguinealainen (fi)
• French: Papou (fr) m, Papoue (fr) f
• German: Papua (de) m or f
• Hungarian: pápua (hu)
• Irish: Papuach m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: papuaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: papuan m, papuanar m

• Portuguese: papua m or f
• Romanian: papuaș (ro) m, papuașă (ro) f
• Russian: папуа́с (ru) m (papuás), папуа́ска (ru) f (papuáska)
• Swedish: papuan (sv) c

Proper noun

Papuan

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

Finnish

Proper noun

Papuan

1. genitive singular of Papua