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Samoic

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to a purported group of Polynesian languages, encompassing those of Samoa, Tuvalu, American Samoa, Tokelau, and Wallis and Futuna, as well as Polynesian outlier languages in New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, and the Federated States of Micronesia.

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Etymology

From Samoa + -ic.

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  • French: samoïque — Translations