TAHITIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tahitian mean? 

• TAHITIAN (noun)
  The noun TAHITIAN has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Tahiti

2. the Oceanic language spoken on Tahiti

  Familiarity information: TAHITIAN used as a noun is rare.

• TAHITIAN (adjective)
  The adjective TAHITIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of the island of Tahiti or its residents or their language and culture

  Familiarity information: TAHITIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAHITIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Tahiti

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Tahitian" is a kind of...):

Polynesian (a native or inhabitant of Polynesia)

Holonyms ("Tahitian" is a member of...):

Tahiti (an island in the south Pacific; the most important island in French Polynesia; made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Oceanic language spoken on Tahiti

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Tahitian" is a kind of...):

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian; Oceanic (an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages)

• TAHITIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of the island of Tahiti or its residents or their language and culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Tahiti (an island in the south Pacific; the most important island in French Polynesia; made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin)

Derivation:

Tahiti (an island in the south Pacific; the most important island in French Polynesia; made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin)