Palauan

English

Alternative forms

Belauan

Etymology

Palau +‎ -an

Proper noun

Palauan

A language spoken in the Pacific, in the Republic of Palau. It is a member of the Austronesian family of languages, and is considered to be one of two languages in Micronesia belonging to the Western Austronesian group, all others considered to be members of the Oceanic subgroup.

Translations

language

Afrikaans: Palaus, Belaus
Finnish: palau (fi)
Galician: palauano m
Japanese: パラオ語 (ja) (Parao-go)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: palawî (ku)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: palauisk (no) m

Nynorsk: palauisk m
Portuguese: palauano (pt) m
Romanian: palauană f
Russian: палауский (palauskij), палау (ru) (palau), белау (belau)
Swedish: palauiska (sv) c

Further reading

Wiktionary’s coverage of Palauan terms
Ethnologue entry for Palauan, pau ⁠

Noun

Palauan (plural Palauans)

Someone from Palau.

Translations

someone from Palau

Afrikaans: Palauer, Belauer
Esperanto: palaŭano (man or woman), palaŭanino (woman)
Finnish: palaulainen (fi)
French: Palaosien (fr) m, Palaosienne (fr) f, Palaois (fr) m, Palaoise (fr) f
Galician: palauano m, palauana f
German: Palauer (de) m, Palauerin (de) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: palauer (no) m

Nynorsk: palauar m
Romanian: palauan m, palauană f
Spanish: palauano (es) m
Swedish: palauer (sv) c
Turkish: Palaulu (tr)

Adjective

Palauan (not comparable)

From or relating to Palau.

Translations

from or relating to Palau

Afrikaans: Palaus, Belaus
Czech: palauský (cs)
Finnish: palaulainen (fi)
Galician: palauano m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: palauisk (no)

Nynorsk: palauisk
Romanian: palauan
Spanish: palauano (es)
Swedish: palauisk (sv)

Further reading

Ethnologue entry for Palauan, pau ⁠

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