Tokelau
See also: tokelau
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Tokelauan Tokelau, from Tokelauan tokelau (“north wind”), from Proto-Polynesian *tokelau (“northwesterly”). Compare Maori tokerau (“north”); Rapa Nui tokerau (“wind”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editTokelau
- Three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean.
Derived terms
editTranslations
edita territory of New Zealand in the Pacific
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See also
editAnagrams
editFinnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editTokelau
- Tokelau (three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean)
Declension
editInflection 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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Related terms
editHungarian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editTokelau
- (informal) Alternative form of Tokelau-szigetek: Tokelau (three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean)
Declension
editInflection (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
editPortuguese
editProper noun
editTokelau m
- Alternative spelling of Toquelau
Tokelauan
editEtymology
editFrom tokelau (“northern wind”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editTokelau
- 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
editDescendants
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
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Tokelauan
- English terms derived from Tokelauan
- English terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Tokelau
- en:Atolls
- en:Dependent territories of New Zealand
- en:Places in New Zealand
- Finnish terms derived from Tokelauan
- Finnish 4-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑu
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑu/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Tokelau
- fi:Atolls
- fi:Dependent territories of New Zealand
- fi:Places in New Zealand
- Finnish rosé-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/u
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- Hungarian informal terms
- hu:Tokelau
- hu:Atolls
- hu:Dependent territories of New Zealand
- hu:Places in New Zealand
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with K
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Tokelauan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tokelauan lemmas
- Tokelauan proper nouns
- tkl:Tokelau
- tkl:Atolls
- tkl:Dependent territories of New Zealand
- tkl:Places in New Zealand
- Tokelauan terms with quotations