adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to the Austronesian language family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- an Austronesian language
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
Austronesian
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ˌɔːs.tɹoʊˈniː.ʒən/
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or pertaining to Austronesia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A speaker of an Austronesian language, especially a member of the ancient maritime culture that spread Austronesian languages across the Pacific from Taiwan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to or characteristic of Austronesia or its people or culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 5
the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Austronesian language
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural language, tongue
Narrower terms: Malayo-Polynesian, Polynesian, Australian, Aboriginal Australian, Formosan
noun
Meaning 6
a native or inhabitant of Austronesia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller
Narrower terms: Nauruan, Polynesian
History
Etymology
Borrowed from German Austronesisch; coined by Wilhelm Schmidt. From Latin austro- (“southern”) + Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos, “island”) + -ian.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: austronèsic — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Chinese: 南島 /南岛 (Nándǎo) — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Czech: austronéský — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Danish: austronesisk — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Dutch: Austronesisch — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Esperanto: aŭstronezia — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Finnish: austronesialainen — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- German: austronesisch — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Irish: Astrainéiseach — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Kapampangan: Awstronesyu — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Kapampangan: Austronesiu — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Malay: Austronesia — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Norwegian Bokmål: austronesisk — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: austronesisk — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Portuguese: austronésio — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Russian: а̀встронези́йский (àvstronezíjskij) — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Scots: Austronesie — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Slovak: austronézsky — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Spanish: austronesio — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Tagalog: Austronesian — of or pertaining to Austronesia
- Welsh: Awstronesaidd — of or pertaining to Austronesia
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