Polynesian

English <dab> Etymology en :af Polynesia -an + 1 Pronunciation en iːʒən 4 en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Polynesian.wav US 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