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Yap +‎ -ese

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Yapese

  1. The Austronesian language spoken in the Federated States of Micronesia, especially by the inhabitants of Yap.

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Yapese (comparative more Yapese, superlative most Yapese)

  1. Of or pertaining to the people of the island of Yap or the Yapese language.

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Yapese (plural Yapese)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Yap.
    • 2009, Patrick J. Welch, Gerry F. Welch, Economics: Theory and Practice, page 206:
      Unlike most money, stones sometimes can buy happiness, of a sort; if a Yapese wants to settle an argument, he brings his adversary stone money as a token.

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