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PAPUAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages

Synonyms:

Papuan; Papuan language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Papuan" is a kind of...):

natural language; tongue (a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language)

Derivation:

Papuan (of or relating to Papua or its people or language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Papuan" is a kind of...):

Indonesian (a native or inhabitant of Indonesia)

Holonyms ("Papuan" is a member of...):

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)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Papua or its people or language

Example:

Papuan vowels

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Papua (the southeastern part of Papua New Guinea)

Derivation:

Papua (the southeastern part of Papua New Guinea)

Papuan (any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages)

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