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Papuan

pa·puan

US/ˈpɑpuən/ uncommon
adjective (1) noun (1)

adjective

1.

of or relating to Papua or its people or language

  • “Papuan native crafts”
  • “Papuan vowels”

noun

1.

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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Origin

From Papua + -an.

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