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tolu

See also: ťölü and tolù

English edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Spanish Tolú (“town in Colombia where the tree is found”), from tolúes (“name of a pre-Columbian people of the area”).

Noun edit

tolu (countable and uncountable, plural tolus)

  1. The resinous secretion of Myroxylon balsamum, used in cough syrups and perfumery.

Derived terms edit

Anagrams edit

Central Dusun edit

Central Dusun cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tolu
    Ordinal : kotolu

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral edit

tolu

  1. three

Crimean Tatar edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *tōlu, *tōlï, from Proto-Turkic *tōl- (“to be full”).

Adjective edit

tolu

  1. full
  2. loaded (of guns)

Declension edit

Declension of tolu
nominative tolu
genitive tolunıñ
dative toluğa
accusative tolunı
locative toluda
ablative toludan

Adverb edit

tolu

  1. An indefinite large number of, many

Dusun Deyah edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu.

Numeral edit

tolu

  1. three

Fijian edit

Fijian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tolu

Etymology edit

From Proto-Central Pacific *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral edit

tolu

  1. three

Kambera edit

Noun edit

tolu

  1. flesh

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 213

Niuatoputapu edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral edit

tolu

  1. three

Niuean edit

Niuean cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tolu

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral edit

tolu

  1. three

Pukapukan edit

Pukapukan cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tolu
    Ordinal : tolu

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral edit

tolu

  1. three
    Aumai koe e tolu aku niu i te taeyao.
    You bring three coconuts for me tomorrow.
  2. third
    Ko ona te tolu i te atu ia.
    He is the third in that line.

Further reading edit

Samoan edit

Samoan cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tolu

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral edit

tolu

  1. three

Ternate edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tolu

  1. a sunhat

References edit

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetum edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral edit

tolu

  1. three

Tokelauan edit

Tokelauan cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tolu

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *tolu. Cognates include Hawaiian kolu and Samoan tolu.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈto.lu]
  • Hyphenation: to‧lu

Verb edit

tolu

  1. (stative) to be three

References edit

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 459

Tongan edit

Tongan cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tolu

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

tolu

  1. three

Tuvaluan edit

Tuvaluan cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tolu

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral edit

tolu

  1. three

Uneapa edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

tolu

  1. three

Further reading edit

  • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 368

Wallisian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral edit

tolu

  1. three
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