Tuvalu
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Etymology edit
From Tuvaluan Tuuvalu (literally “eight standing together”) in reference to the eight inhabited islands of Tuvalu, although Tuvalu consists of nine islands. The ninth island, Niulakita, was inhabited in 1949. Compare to Proto-Austronesian *walu (“eight”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌtuːvəˈluː/, /tuːˈvɑː.luː/, /ˈtuː.və.luː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /tuˈvɑ.lu/, /ˈtu.və.lu/
Audio (US) (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /tʉːˈvɐːlʉː/
- Rhymes: -uː
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Tuvalu
- A country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Funafuti.
- 2024 March 22, Emma Bubola, “The A.I. Boom Makes Millions for an Unlikely Industry Player: Anguilla”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Tuvalu, a string of islands northwest of Australia, sold the rights to its suffix, “.tv,” to a Canadian entrepreneur for $50 million, and used the money to put electricity on the outer islands, create scholarships and finance the process to join the United Nations.
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country in Oceania
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- Appendix:Countries of the world
- (countries of Oceania) country of Oceania; Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
- Funafuti
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Tuvalu
- Alternative spelling of Toewaloe: Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
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Tuvalu
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
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Tuvalu n (indeclinable, related adjective tuvalský, demonym Tuvalan)
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
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Tuvalu
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
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Tuvalu n
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
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Tuvalu
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
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Inflection of Tuvalu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Tuvalu | — | ||
genitive | Tuvalun | — | ||
partitive | Tuvalua | — | ||
illative | Tuvaluun | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Tuvalu | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Tuvalu | — | |
gen. | Tuvalun | |||
genitive | Tuvalun | — | ||
partitive | Tuvalua | — | ||
inessive | Tuvalussa | — | ||
elative | Tuvalusta | — | ||
illative | Tuvaluun | — | ||
adessive | Tuvalulla | — | ||
ablative | Tuvalulta | — | ||
allative | Tuvalulle | — | ||
essive | Tuvaluna | — | ||
translative | Tuvaluksi | — | ||
abessive | Tuvalutta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Tuvalu n (proper noun, genitive Tuvalus or (optionally with an article) Tuvalu)
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
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Tuvalu
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Tuvalu | — |
accusative | Tuvalut | — |
dative | Tuvalunak | — |
instrumental | Tuvaluval | — |
causal-final | Tuvaluért | — |
translative | Tuvaluvá | — |
terminative | Tuvaluig | — |
essive-formal | Tuvaluként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Tuvaluban | — |
superessive | Tuvalun | — |
adessive | Tuvalunál | — |
illative | Tuvaluba | — |
sublative | Tuvalura | — |
allative | Tuvaluhoz | — |
elative | Tuvaluból | — |
delative | Tuvaluról | — |
ablative | Tuvalutól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Tuvalué | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Tuvaluéi | — |
Possessive forms of Tuvalu | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Tuvalum | — |
2nd person sing. | Tuvalud | — |
3rd person sing. | Tuvaluja | — |
1st person plural | Tuvalunk | — |
2nd person plural | Tuvalutok | — |
3rd person plural | Tuvalujuk | — |
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Tuvalu m
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
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Tuvalu
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
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Tuvalu
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
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Unadapted borrowing from Tuvaluan Tuuvalu.
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Tuvalu n (indeclinable)
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
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adjective
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- Tuvalu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: Tu‧va‧lu
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Tuvalu m
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
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Tuvalu ?
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
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Tuvalu
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
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declension of Tuvalu
possessive of Tuvalu
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benim (my) | Tuvalu'm | Tuvalularım / Tuvalu'larım |
senin (your) | Tuvalu'n | Tuvaluların / Tuvalu'ların |
onun (his/her/its) | Tuvalu'su | Tuvaluları / Tuvalu'ları |
bizim (our) | Tuvalu'muz | Tuvalularımız / Tuvalu'larımız |
sizin (your) | Tuvalu'nuz | Tuvalularınız / Tuvalu'larınız |
onların (their) | Tuvalu'su / Tuvaluları / Tuvalu'ları | Tuvaluları / Tuvalu'ları |
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- (countries of Oceania) Okyanusya ülkesi; Avustralya, Cook Adaları, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Adaları, Mikronezya, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua Yeni Gine, Samoa, Solomon Adaları, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yeni Zelanda