Rabaul
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Tolai baul (“mangrove”)[1] or Rabaul (“Rabaul”)[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəˈbaʊl/
Proper noun[edit]
Rabaul
- A town and former provincial capital in northern New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Translations[edit]
town in New Britain
References[edit]
- ^ Schultz-Naumann, Joachim. Unter Kaisers Flagge. Deutschlands Schutzgebiete im Pazifik und in China einst und heute [Under the Kaiser’s Flag. Germany’s Protectorates in the Pacific and China, then and today]. Munich: Universitas Verlag. 1985, p. 96. →ISBN
- ^ Mosel, Ulrike (1984) Tolai syntax and its historical development, Canberra: Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, page 19
German[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Rabaul n (proper noun, genitive Rabauls or (optionally with an article) Rabaul)
- Rabaul (a town in Papua New Guinea)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Rabaul [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
Portuguese[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Rabaul f
- Rabaul (a town in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea)
Tok Pisin[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Rabaul
- Rabaul (a town in Papua New Guinea)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Tolai
- English terms derived from Tolai
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Towns in Papua New Guinea
- en:Places in Papua New Guinea
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Towns in Papua New Guinea
- de:Places in Papua New Guinea
- German uncountable nouns
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Towns in Papua New Guinea
- pt:Places in Papua New Guinea
- Tok Pisin lemmas
- Tok Pisin proper nouns
- tpi:Towns in Papua New Guinea
- tpi:Places in Papua New Guinea
- Tok Pisin terms derived from Tolai