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Lapita meaning

An ancient material culture of Oceania who may have spoken Proto-Oceanic and were the ancestors of many modern peoples in the region.

Using Lapita

  • The main meaning on this page is: An ancient material culture of Oceania who may have spoken Proto-Oceanic and were the ancestors of many modern peoples in the region.
  • In the example corpus, lapita often appears in combinations such as: the lapita, lapita pottery, lapita people.

Context around Lapita

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

distinctive 1× first 1×

Often after:

pottery 2× people 2× ceramic 1× peoples 1× culture 1×

Sentence patterns with Lapita

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

by the lapita peoples 1× lapita pottery shards 1× relationship between lapita pottery and 1× the distinctive lapita ceramic ware 1× the first lapita people arrived 1× the lapita culture hypothesized 1× the lapita people discovered 1× the lapita were highly 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

archaeological dating places 1× bernice p bishop 1× lapita pottery shards 1× the lapita culture 1× the lapita people 1× the lapita were 1×

Common sentence endings:

500 years ago 1× around 1500 bc 1× around the country 1× circa 900 bce 1× not altogether clear 1× of the pacific 1×

Words around Lapita

Just before it in the word index:

lapis 31 lapira 5 lapinski 3 lapine 10 lapin 10 lapilli 2

Just after it in the word index:

lapiths 2 laplaca 2 laplace 87 laplacian 2 laplanche 3 lapland 43

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 11 aaba 11 aafc 11 aaib 11 aalbers 11 aardvarks 11

Corpus analysis for Lapita

  • In this selection, "lapita" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, distinctive, first, pottery, people and ceramic stand out and add context to how "lapita" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include by the lapita peoples and lapita pottery shards. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "lapita" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with lapita

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The relationship between Lapita pottery and Plainware is not altogether clear. (11 words)

Lapita pottery shards have been found at numerous excavations around the country. (12 words)

The Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan islands around 3,500 years ago. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

These islands are surrounded by "a protective and resource-rich labyrinth of fringing, apron and off-shore barrier reefs" that have supported most of the human settlement in Tonga ever since the first Lapita People arrived circa 900 BCE. (39 words)

The Lapita culture, hypothesized to have spoken proto-Oceanic, and defined by its typical style of pottery, originated to the northwest in the Bismarck Archipelago around 1500 BC. (28 words)

Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 60 Nonetheless, reaching the Tongan islands (without Western navigational tools and techniques) was a remarkable feat accomplished by the Lapita peoples. (26 words)

Example sentences (8)

Archaeological dating places Tonga as the oldest known site in Polynesia for the distinctive Lapita ceramic ware, at 2800–2750 years before present.

Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 60 Nonetheless, reaching the Tongan islands (without Western navigational tools and techniques) was a remarkable feat accomplished by the Lapita peoples.

Lapita pottery shards have been found at numerous excavations around the country.

The Lapita culture, hypothesized to have spoken proto-Oceanic, and defined by its typical style of pottery, originated to the northwest in the Bismarck Archipelago around 1500 BC.

The Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan islands around 3,500 years ago.

The Lapita were highly skilled navigators and agriculturists with influence over a large area of the Pacific.

The relationship between Lapita pottery and Plainware is not altogether clear.

These islands are surrounded by "a protective and resource-rich labyrinth of fringing, apron and off-shore barrier reefs" that have supported most of the human settlement in Tonga ever since the first Lapita People arrived circa 900 BCE.

Common combinations with lapita

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "lapita" in a sentence?
An example: "Archaeological dating places Tonga as the oldest known site in Polynesia for the distinctive Lapita ceramic ware, at 2800–2750 years before present." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "lapita" from authentic English texts.
What does "lapita" mean?
Lapita means: An ancient material culture of Oceania who may have spoken Proto-Oceanic and were the ancestors of many modern peoples in the region.
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Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "lapita", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.