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papuan

/ˈpɑpuən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables
papuan
IPA
/ˈpɑpuən/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

From, or pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea

adj

Pertaining to the Papuan group of languages.

noun

Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea

name

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

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.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈpɑpuən/

Inflected Forms

more Papuan (comparative) most Papuan (superlative) Papuans (plural)

Derived Forms

Papuanness

Phrases

Australo-Papuan babbler Papuan boobook Papuan monitor

Synonyms

papuan language

Questions

How do you pronounce papuan?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɑpuən/.
What does papuan mean?
From, or pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea
Where does papuan come from?
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.

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