English adjective: Papuan | |||
| 1. | Papuan of or relating to Papua or its people or language | ||
| Samples | Papuan native crafts. Papuan vowels. | ||
English noun: Papuan | |||
| 1. | Papuan (person) a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Indonesian | ||
| Member meronym | New Guinea | ||
| 2. | Papuan (communication) any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages | ||
| Synonyms | Papuan language | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | natural language, tongue | ||