austronèsic

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from German austronesisch, a 20th-century coinage compounded of Latin austro- (“southern”) + Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [əws.tɾuˈnɛ.zik]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əws.tɾoˈnɛ.zik]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [aws.tɾoˈnɛ.zik]

Adjective

austronèsic (feminine austronèsica, masculine plural austronèsics, feminine plural austronèsiques)

Austronesian

Derived terms

Austronèsia (via back-formation)

Further reading

“austronèsic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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