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POLYNESIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central Pacific

Synonyms:

Malayo-Polynesian; Polynesian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Polynesian" is a kind of...):

Austronesian; Austronesian language (the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Polynesian"):

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian; Oceanic (an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages)

Tongan (the Polynesian language spoken by the Tongan people)

Western Malayo-Polynesian (a western subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Polynesia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Polynesian" is a kind of...):

Austronesian (a native or inhabitant of Austronesia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Polynesian"):

Fijian (a native or inhabitant of Fiji)

Samoan (a native or inhabitant of the Samoan Islands)

Tahitian (a native or inhabitant of Tahiti)

Tongan (a Polynesian native or inhabitant of Tonga)

Holonyms ("Polynesian" is a member of...):

Polynesia (the islands in the eastern part of Oceania)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Polynesia or its people or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Polynesia (the islands in the eastern part of Oceania)

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