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Polynesian
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English
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Etymology
en :af Polynesia -an + 1
Pronunciation
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Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia.
Derived terms
en Euronesian pollywog Polynesianist Polynesianness Polynesian chestnut
Translations
of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia
Belarusian: be палінезі́йскі m
Catalan: ca polinesi
Czech: cs polynéský
Dutch: nl Polynesisch
Finnish: fi polynesialainen
Galician: gl polinesio
German: de polynesisch
Greek: el πολυνησιακός m
Hawaiian: haw Polenekia
Hungarian: hu polinéz
Icelandic: is pólýnesískur
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb polynesisk
Nynorsk: nn polynesisk
Polish: pl polinezyjski
Portuguese: pt polinésio
Spanish: es polinesio
Swedish: sv polynesisk
Tagalog: tl Dampuluanin
Ukrainian: uk полінезі́йський
Noun
A person from Polynesia.
en 2007-05-27 Douglas Martin Kawika Kapahulehua Dies; Hawaiian Seafarer Was 76 w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/us/27kapahulehua.html He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain. https://web.archive.org/web/20210608222931/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/us/27kapahulehua.html
en 2008 Andrew David Grainger The Browning of the All Blacks: Pacific Peoples, Rugby, and the Cultural Politics of Identity in New Zealand 326 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=VXUjoYMZ6CAC&pg=PA326&dq=%22blackbirding%22+-intitle:%22wagtail%22+-inauthor:%22willy%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gT7vTqPwFuSsiAf6m4WSBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22blackbirding%22%20-intitle%3A%22wagtail%22%20-inauthor%3A%22willy%22&f=false Blackbirding was the euphemism given to the slave-trading that occurred in the Pacific from the mid-1800s through to the early-1900s. According to one study, blackbirding, [as] “the practice of luring Melanesians and Polynesians to toil for next to nothing was called”, involved upwards of 60,000 people between 1863 and 1904 (Horne, 2007, p. 2).
Derived terms
en Euronesian
Translations
person from Polynesia
Belarusian: be палінезі́ец m, be палінезі́йка f
Catalan: ca polinesi m
Czech: cs Polynésan m
Dutch: nl Polynesiër m, nl Polynesische f
Esperanto: eo polineziano man or woman, eo polinezianino woman
Finnish: fi polynesialainen
French: fr Polynésien m, fr Polynésienne f
Galician: gl polinesio
German: de Polynesier m
Greek: el Πολυνήσιος m, el Πολυνήσια f
Hawaiian: haw Polenekia
Italian: it polinesiano m, it polinesiana f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb polynesier m
Nynorsk: nn polynesiar m
Polish: pl Polinezyjczyk m, pl Polinezyjka f
Portuguese: pt polinésio m
Russian: ru полинези́ец m polinɛzíjec, ru полинези́йка f polinɛzíjka
Spanish: es polinesio m
Tagalog: tl Dampuluanin
Ukrainian: uk полінезі́єць m, uk полінезі́йка f
Vietnamese: vi người Pô-li-nê-di
Proper noun
A language group spoken by these people.
Derived terms
en Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Polynesian
Translations
language group of Polynesia
Catalan: ca polinesi m
Galician: gl polinesio
Greek: el πολυνησιακά n-p
Polish: pl język polinezyjski m
Portuguese: pt polinésio m
Vietnamese: (thuộc) Pô-li-nê-di
en Demonyms Language families