PAPUAN

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Papuan mean? 

• PAPUAN (noun)
  The noun PAPUAN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PAPUAN used as a noun is very rare.

• PAPUAN (adjective)
  The adjective PAPUAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Papua or its people or language

  Familiarity information: PAPUAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAPUAN (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Papuan; Papuan language

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)

• PAPUAN (adjective)

Meaning:

Of or relating to Papua or its people or language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context examples:

Papuan native crafts / Papuan vowels

Pertainym:

Papua (a Pacific island north of Australia; the 2nd largest island in the world; governed by Australia and Indonesia)