Papuan

Pap·u·an  (ppy-n)

adj.

Of or relating to the peoples, languages, or cultures of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea.

n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea.

2. A member of any of the indigenous peoples of New Guinea and neighboring islands.

3. Any of the indigenous languages of New Guinea, New Britain, and the Solomon Islands.

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Papuan [ˈpæpjʊən]

adj

(Linguistics / Languages) (Placename) of or relating to Papua or any of the languages spoken there

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea

2. (Linguistics / Languages) any of several languages of Papua New Guinea that apparently do not belong to the Malayo-Polynesian family

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Papuan - a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea New Guinea - a Pacific island to the north of Australia; the 2nd largest island in the world; the western part is governed by Indonesia and the eastern part is Papua New Guinea Indonesian - a native or inhabitant of Indonesia
	2.	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
Adj.	1.	Papuan - of or relating to Papua or its people or language; "Papuan native crafts"; "Papuan vowels"

Translations

Papuan

adj → papuanisch

n

→ Papua mf

(Ling) → Papuasprache f