Palauan

English

Alternative forms

• Belauan

Etymology

Etymology tree

Palauan Belaubor.

English Palau

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Old French -ainder.

Middle English -an

English -an

English Palauan

From Palau + -an.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /pəˈlaʊ.ɨn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Palauan

1. 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
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 帕勞語 / 帕劳语 (paak³ lou⁴ jyu⁵)

  Mandarin: 帕勞語 / 帕劳语 (zh) (Pàláoyǔ)

  Min Nan: 帕勞語 / 帕劳语 (Phà-lô-gú)

• Finnish: palau (fi)
• Galician: palauano m
• Icelandic: palaúiska (is) f
• Italian: palauano m
• Japanese: パラオ語 (ja) (Parao-go)
• Khmer: ប៉ាឡូ (paalou)
• Korean: 팔라우어 (ko) (pallaueo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: palawî (ku)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: palauisk (no) m

  Nynorsk: palauisk m

• Portuguese: palauano (pt) m
• Romanian: palauană f
• Russian: палауский (ru) (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)

1. 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
• Icelandic: Palaúi (is) m
• Italian: palauano
• Marshallese: ri-Bōļau
• 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)

1. From or relating to Palau.

Translations

from or relating to Palau

• Afrikaans: Palaus, Belaus
• Czech: palauský (cs)
• Finnish: palaulainen (fi)
• Galician: palauano m
• Icelandic: palaúiskur (is) m
• Italian: palauano
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: palauisk (no)

  Nynorsk: palauisk

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

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Palauan, pau ⁠