Yapese
English
editEtymology
editProper noun
editYapese
- The Austronesian language spoken in the Federated States of Micronesia, especially by the inhabitants of Yap.
See also
editAdjective
editYapese (comparative more Yapese, superlative most Yapese)
- Of or pertaining to the people of the island of Yap or the Yapese language.
Noun
editYapese (plural Yapese)
- 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.
Further reading
edit- Ethnologue entry for Yapese, yap