English
Papua
Papua comes from Malay pepuah ‘curly (of hair)’.
- Malaymodernpepuah‘curly (of hair)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1841Papua
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Malaymodernpepuah‘curly (of hair)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1841Papua
Earliest quotation: 1841, The Colonial Magazine and Commercial-Mar: “The Papuas are so termed in the Malay language,…”
Every English word from Malay pepuah
Today it means
name The southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, formerly administered as a separate territory to New Guinea.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Malay pepuah / Papua