Tokelauan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *loqi-mata. Cognates include Tongan loʻimata and Samoan loimata.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [lo.i.ˈma.ta]
  • Hyphenation: lo‧i‧ma‧ta

Noun edit

loimata

  1. tear

References edit

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 188