austronèsic
Appearance
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German austronesisch, a 20th-century coinage compounded of Latin austro- (“southern”) + Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [əws.tɾuˈnɛ.zik]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əws.tɾoˈnɛ.zik]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [aws.tɾoˈnɛ.zik]
Adjective
[edit]austronèsic (feminine austronèsica, masculine plural austronèsics, feminine plural austronèsiques)
Derived terms
[edit]- Austronèsia (via back-formation)
Further reading
[edit]- “austronèsic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.