Polynesian meaning

pŏlə-nēzhən
Of or relating to Polynesia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
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A native or inhabitant of Polynesia.
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A subfamily of the Austronesian language family spoken in Polynesia.
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A member of any of the indigenous peoples of Polynesia, including the Hawaiians, Tahitians, Samoans, Maoris, Marquesans, Tongans, and other groups.
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A subgroup of the Austronesian language family, consisting of the languages of Polynesia.
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Of the Polynesians or their languages or cultures.
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Polynesian Sentence Examples

  • In all, there is a wonderful amount of specialization, though perhaps in a very straight line from generalized forms; but the affinity to Australian or Polynesian types is in many cases clearly traceable, and it cannot be supposed but that these last are of cognate origin with those of New Zealand.

  • In the low and sub-mountainous lands the flora is a mixture of Malayan, Australian and Polynesian forms. There are, according to Muller, twice as many palms known from New Guinea as from Australia.

  • Such an explanation of the Polynesian's origin does not preclude a relationship with the Malays.

  • This linguistic poverty proves that the Australian tongue has no affinity to the Polynesian group of languages, where denary enumeration prevails: the nearest Polynesians, the Maoris, counting in thousands.

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