Papua

See also: papua

English

Etymology

There are three theories:

• From Malay pepuah (“curly (of hair)”) for the natives of the island of New Guinea.
• From Ternate/Tidore papo ua (“not united; not coalesced”), referring to the territory that geographically was far away from the Sultanate of Tidore (and thus not united). The territory was called papo ua gam sio (“nine village/region that is not united”).
• From Biak sup i babwa (“the land below [the sunset]”), referring to the islands (Raja Ampat) west of the Bird's Head, as far as Halmahera.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːpwə/

Proper noun

Papua

1. The southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, formerly administered as a separate territory to New Guinea.
2. A province of Indonesia.

Derived terms

• Gulf of Papua
• Papuan
• Papua New Guinea
• West Papua

 

Translations

the southern part of Papua New Guinea

• Arabic: بَابْوَا f (bābwā)
• Armenian: Պապուա (Papua)
• Belarusian: Па́пуа f (Pápua)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴布亞／巴布亚 (zh) (Bābùyà)

• Finnish: Papua (fi)
• French: Papouasie (fr) f
• Georgian: პაპუა (ṗaṗua)
• German: Papua (de) n
• Greek: Παπουασία f (Papouasía)
• Irish: Papua
• Japanese: パプア (Papua)
• Korean: 파푸아 (Papua)
• Latin: Papua f
• Marathi: पापुआ (pāpuā)
• Polish: Papua (pl) f
• Rarotongan: Pāpua
• Russian: Па́пуа f (Pápua)
• Spanish: Papúa
• Ukrainian: Па́пуа f (Pápua)

province of Indonesia

• Finnish: Papua (fi)

Noun

Papua (plural Papuas or Papua)

1. (dated) A person indigenous to Papua.
   • 1841, The Colonial Magazine and Commercial-Maritime Journal, page 447:

     The Papuas are so termed in the Malay language, from their extreme darkness, approaching to black.

   • 1856, The Quarterly Review of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, page 502:

     The Papua are more numerous in the Philippine Islands than anywhere else, with the exception of New Guinea.

See also

• Irian Jaya
• New Guinea
• West Irian
• West Papua
• (provinces of Indonesia) provinces of Indonesia; Aceh, Bali, Bangka Belitung Islands, Banten, Bengkulu, Central Java, Central Kalimantan, Central Papua, Central Sulawesi, East Java, East Kalimantan, East Nusa Tenggara, Gorontalo, Highland Papua, Jakarta, Jambi, Lampung, Maluku, North Kalimantan, North Maluku, North Sulawesi, North Sumatra , Papua, Riau, Riau Islands, Southeast Sulawesi, South Kalimantan, South Papua, South Sulawesi, South Sumatra, Special Region of Yogyakarta, West Java, West Kalimantan, West Nusa Tenggara, West Papua, West Sulawesi, West Sumatra ^{(Category: en:Provinces of Indonesia)}

Anagrams

• papau

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism; see English Papua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpuɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝puɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑpuɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Pa‧pu‧a

Proper noun

Papua

1. Papua (Southern part of Papua New Guinea)
2. Papua (Province of Indonesia in the westernmost part of New Guinea)

Declension

Inflection of Papua (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Papua	—
genitive		Papuan	—
partitive		Papuaa	—
illative		Papuaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Papua	—
accusative	nom.	Papua	—
	gen.	Papuan
genitive		Papuan	—
partitive		Papuaa	—
inessive		Papuassa	—
elative		Papuasta	—
illative		Papuaan	—
adessive		Papualla	—
ablative		Papualta	—
allative		Papualle	—
essive		Papuana	—
translative		Papuaksi	—
abessive		Papuatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Papua (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Papuani — accusative nom. Papuani — gen. Papuani genitive Papuani — partitive Papuaani — inessive Papuassani — elative Papuastani — illative Papuaani — adessive Papuallani — ablative Papualtani — allative Papualleni — essive Papuanani — translative Papuakseni — abessive Papuattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Papuasi — accusative nom. Papuasi — gen. Papuasi genitive Papuasi — partitive Papuaasi — inessive Papuassasi — elative Papuastasi — illative Papuaasi — adessive Papuallasi — ablative Papualtasi — allative Papuallesi — essive Papuanasi — translative Papuaksesi — abessive Papuattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Papuamme — accusative nom. Papuamme — gen. Papuamme genitive Papuamme — partitive Papuaamme — inessive Papuassamme — elative Papuastamme — illative Papuaamme — adessive Papuallamme — ablative Papualtamme — allative Papuallemme — essive Papuanamme — translative Papuaksemme — abessive Papuattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Papuanne — accusative nom. Papuanne — gen. Papuanne genitive Papuanne — partitive Papuaanne — inessive Papuassanne — elative Papuastanne — illative Papuaanne — adessive Papuallanne — ablative Papualtanne — allative Papuallenne — essive Papuananne — translative Papuaksenne — abessive Papuattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Papuansa — accusative nom. Papuansa — gen. Papuansa genitive Papuansa — partitive Papuaansa — inessive Papuassaan Papuassansa — elative Papuastaan Papuastansa — illative Papuaansa — adessive Papuallaan Papuallansa — ablative Papualtaan Papualtansa — allative Papualleen Papuallensa — essive Papuanaan Papuanansa — translative Papuakseen Papuaksensa — abessive Papuattaan Papuattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• papualainen

 

compounds

• papuanjättirotta
• papuannauraja
• Papua-Uusi-Guinea

 

Indonesian

Proper noun

Papua

1. New Guinea (a large island in the Pacific Ocean)
2. Papua (a province of Indonesia)
3. a region in Oceania, the Indonesian part of the island of New Guinea

See also

• Irian (historical)
• Nugini (only in set phrases)

Latin

Proper noun

Papua f sg (genitive Papuae); first declension (New Latin)

1. Papua (a the southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, formerly administered as a separate territory to New Guinea)
2. Papua (a province of Indonesia)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Papua
Genitive	Papuae
Dative	Papuae
Accusative	Papuam
Ablative	Papuā
Vocative	Papua

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Papua

1. (uncommon) the southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea (country in Oceania)

   Synonym: Guinea Mpya