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Chuukese

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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name

Meaning 1

A Trukic language of the Austronesian language family, spoken primarily on the islands of Chuuk in the Caroline Islands in Micronesia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Chuukese has the unusual feature of permitting word-initial geminate (double) consonants.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A member of an ethnic group in Oceania who speak the Chuukese language and constitute 48% of the population of the Federated States of Micronesia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Chuuk + -ese.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: চুকীজ (cukij) — language
  • Bengali: চুকি (cuki) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 楚克語 /楚克语 (Chǔkè yǔ) — language
  • Estonian: tšuugi keel — language
  • Finnish: chuuk — language
  • Finnish: chuukin kieli — language
  • Indonesian: bahasa Chuuk — language
  • Japanese: チューク語 (Chūku-go) — language
  • Kannada: ಚೂಕಿಸೆ (cūkise) — language
  • Northern Kurdish: çûkî — language
  • Lithuanian: čiuko kalba — language
  • Polish: język chuuk — language
  • Russian: тру́кский (trúkskij) — language
  • Russian: чу́укский (čúukskij) — language
  • Tamil: சூகிசே (cūkicē) — language
  • Telugu: చూకిస్ భాషా (cūkis bhāṣā) — language
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Chuuk — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 楚克 (Chǔkè) — member of an ethnic group
  • Estonian: tšuugi — member of an ethnic group
  • Finnish: chuukilainen — member of an ethnic group
  • Macedonian: чучки (čučki) — member of an ethnic group
  • Portuguese: chuquês — member of an ethnic group
  • Russian: тру́кский (trúkskij) — member of an ethnic group
  • Swahili: kichuuk — member of an ethnic group