Kiriwiniann.adj.
/kɪrɪˈvɪnɪən/ A. n.
A native or inhabitant of Kiriwina; the Austronesian language spoken there.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Papua and New Guinea > [noun]
Papua1601
Papuan1791
Kiriwinian1916
Irianese1967
the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Austronesian > other Austronesian
Moluccas1619
Formosan1704
Sunda1816
Melanesian1849
Sundanese1849
Lifu1852
Bajau1869
Ambonese1875
Acehnese1882
Kiriwinian1916
Tolai1962
Moluccan1977
1916 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 46 356 There is very little of the universally reported native's dread of darkness among the Kiriwinians.
1916 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 46 391 Archaic expressions..the natives only partially understand, and..it is extremely difficult to make them translate the meaning correctly into modern Kiriwinian.
1922 B. Malinowski Argonauts W. Pacific xx. 480 The Kiriwinians have to go inland to the industrial districts of Kuboma..to acquire the articles needed.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to Kiriwina.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Pacific Islands > [adjective] > others
Tongan1853
Kiriwinian1916
Trobriand1922
Tikopian1951
Tuvaluan1978
Vanuatuan1980
1916 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 46 354 He..acquired sufficient knowledge of the Kiriwinian language to be able to dispense with the services of an interpreter.
1964 Language 40 308 These Kiriwinian and English sentences.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.adj.1916