Meanings
proper noun
alternative Trukese
- A Trukic language of the Austronesian language family, spoken primarily on the islands of Chuuk in the Caroline Islands in Micronesia.
Chuukese has the unusual feature of permitting word-initial geminate (double) consonants.
nounChuukese (plural Chuukese)
alternative Trukese
- A member of an ethnic group in Oceania who speak the Chuukese language and constitute 48% of the population of the Federated States of Micronesia.
Origin
Translations
Bengali চুকীজ, চুকি
- চুকীজ (cukij)language
- চুকি (cuki)language
Chinese Mandarin 楚克語 /楚克语, 楚克
- 楚克語 /楚克语 (Chǔkè yǔ)language
- 楚克 (Chǔkè)member of an ethnic group
Estonian tšuugi keel, tšuugi
- tšuugi keellanguage
- tšuugimember of an ethnic group
Finnish chuuk, chuukin kieli
- chuuklanguage
- chuukin kielilanguage
- chuukilainenmember of an ethnic group
Indonesian bahasa Chuuk
- bahasa Chuuklanguage
Japanese チューク語
- チューク語 (Chūku-go)language
Lithuanian čiuko kalba
- čiuko kalbalanguage
Polish język chuuk
- język chuuklanguage
Portuguese chuquês
- chuquêsmember of an ethnic group
Russian тру́кский, чу́укский
- тру́кский (trúkskij)language
- чу́укский (čúukskij)language
- тру́кский (trúkskij)member of an ethnic group
Swahili kichuuk
- kichuukmember of an ethnic group
Tamil சூகிசே
- சூகிசே (cūkicē)language
Vietnamese tiếng Chuuk
- tiếng Chuuklanguage
Cite this entry
APA
Chuukese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chuukese
MLA
“Chuukese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chuukese. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chuukese,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chuukese.
Source: Chuukese on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.