kupu tomua
Tokelauan edit
Etymology edit
From kupu (“word”) + tomua (“to commence”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- foreword, introduction
- 1986, Amusia Patea, Faafoi Sakaria, Taunau Kele, Tokelau Dictionary:
- Kupu tomua mai na Faipule o Tokelau
- Foreword by the Faipule of Tokelau
References edit
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 397