Lexic.us

Definition of Papuan

1. Adjective. Of or relating to Papua or its people or language. "Papuan vowels"

2. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea.

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

Definition of Papuan

1. a. Of or pertaining to Papua.

Definition of Papuan

1. Adjective. From, or pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea ¹

2. Noun. Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Papuan

Papillon-Leage and Psaume syndrome Papio ursinus Papovaviridae Pappenheim Pappenheim's stain Pappenheimer Pappenheimer bodies Pappy Paprilus Paprilus alepidotus

Papua Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinean Papua New Guineans Papuan Papuan language Papuan monetary unit Papuans Para River Paracel Islands

Paracelsian Paracelsianism Paracelsians Paracelsist Paracelsists Paracelsus Paracheirodon Paracheirodon axelrodi Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Literary usage of Papuan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Though with no definite views concerning a deity, the papuan believes in another self or soul, which deserte the body temporarily during sleep and finally ..."

2. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1901)
"Rothschild mid Hartert on papuan Birds. [Notes on papuan Birds. By the Hon. ... on the large scries of papuan birds in the Tring Museum, and discuss the ..."

3. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead by James George Frazer (1913)
"While the Koita belong to the papuan stock and speak a papuan language, most of the men understand the Motu tongue, which is one of the Melanesian family. ..."

4. The Melanesian Languages by Robert Henry Codrington (1885)
"thirty-two are papuan. Examination of the nine words shows them ... Of these thirty-six, ten are on the Malayan side, and twenty-six on the papuan. ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1903)
"From certain customs and taboos it is evident the natives of the papuan Gulf were totemic peoples, but they appear to have partially passed beyond this ..."

6. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"Their inhabitants resemble those of the S. coast « Ceram, and are not of the papuan or negro race, they are great traders and constantly visit New Guinea, ..."

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