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Rukai

Rukai noun: an Austronesian people of Taiwan.

Noun

Rukai pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An Austronesian people of Taiwan.
    • Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁, center) puts a lily on the back of a young man's head when attending an Indigenous Rukai tribe's harvest celebrations in the southern city's Maolin District on Sunday.2022 July 31, “Rukai harvest celebrations”, in Focus Taiwan, sourced from Kaohsiung City government July 31, 2022, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2022, Photos of the Day

Proper noun

Rukai

  1. Their Austronesian language, which uses the Latin alphabet.

Questions about Rukai

What does Rukai mean?
Rukai means an Austronesian people of Taiwan.
What part of speech is Rukai?
Rukai can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Rukai in the dictionary

  1. Ruiz
  2. ruizite
  3. rujak
  4. rUK
  5. Ruka
  6. Rukai
  7. Rukavina
  8. Rukavinas
  9. Rukbat
  10. Rukenvale
  11. rukh

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