Abelam
noun
Abel·am
əˈbeləm
plural Abelam or Abelams
1
: a Papuan people in the Sepik district, Territory of New Guinea
2
: a member of the Abelam people
Word History
Etymology
probably borrowed from Bukiyip (Arapesh language of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea)
First Known Use
1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- amphidiploids
- amphidiploidy
- amphidisc
- Amphidiscophora
- amphidisk
- amphidromic
- amphidromous
- amphierotic
- amphierotism
- amphigaean
- amphigastria
- amphigastrium
- amphigastrula
- amphigastrulae
- amphigean
- amphigene
- amphigeneses
- amphigenesis
- amphigenetic
- amphigenous
- amphigenously
- amphigonic
- amphigonous
- amphigony
- amphigories