Tokelau
See also: tokelau
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Tokelauan Tokelau, from Tokelauan tokelau (“north wind”), from Proto-Polynesian *tokelau (“northwesterly”). Compare Maori tokerau (“north”); Rapa Nui tokerau (“wind”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Tokelau
- Three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
a territory of New Zealand in the Pacific
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Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Tokelau
- Tokelau (three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean)
Declension edit
Inflection of Tokelau (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Tokelau | — | ||
genitive | Tokelaun | — | ||
partitive | Tokelauta | — | ||
illative | Tokelauhun | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Tokelau | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Tokelau | — | |
gen. | Tokelaun | |||
genitive | Tokelaun | — | ||
partitive | Tokelauta | — | ||
inessive | Tokelaussa | — | ||
elative | Tokelausta | — | ||
illative | Tokelauhun | — | ||
adessive | Tokelaulla | — | ||
ablative | Tokelaulta | — | ||
allative | Tokelaulle | — | ||
essive | Tokelauna | — | ||
translative | Tokelauksi | — | ||
abessive | Tokelautta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Tokelau
- (informal) Alternative form of Tokelau-szigetek: Tokelau (three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Tokelau | — |
accusative | Tokelaut | — |
dative | Tokelaunak | — |
instrumental | Tokelauval | — |
causal-final | Tokelauért | — |
translative | Tokelauvá | — |
terminative | Tokelauig | — |
essive-formal | Tokelauként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Tokelauban | — |
superessive | Tokelaun | — |
adessive | Tokelaunál | — |
illative | Tokelauba | — |
sublative | Tokelaura | — |
allative | Tokelauhoz | — |
elative | Tokelauból | — |
delative | Tokelauról | — |
ablative | Tokelautól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Tokelaué | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Tokelauéi | — |
Possessive forms of Tokelau | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Tokelaum | — |
2nd person sing. | Tokelaud | — |
3rd person sing. | Tokelauja | — |
1st person plural | Tokelaunk | — |
2nd person plural | Tokelautok | — |
3rd person plural | Tokelaujuk | — |
Derived terms edit
Portuguese edit
Proper noun edit
Tokelau m
- Alternative spelling of Toquelau
Tokelauan edit
Etymology edit
From tokelau (“northern wind”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Tokelau
- Tokelau (three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean)
- 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau][1], page 1:
- Ko kimatou, ia tagata o Tokelau, e takutino
- We, the people of Tokelau, say openly
- 2012, “Tokelau mō te Atua [Tokelau for the God]”:
- Te Atua o nuku, te Atua o Tokelau.
- The God of villages, the God of Tokelau.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Arabic: تُوكِيلَاو (tūkīlāw)
- → English: Tokelau
- → Japanese: トケラウ (tokerau)
References edit
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs