Tokelauan edit

 
Te apogāleveleve (1).
 
Te apogāleveleve (2).

Etymology edit

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *puŋa-a-leveleve. Cognates include Tuvaluan pogāleveleve and Samoan ʻapogāleveleve.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [a.po.ˈŋaː ˈle.ve ˈle.ve]
  • Hyphenation: a‧po‧gā‧le‧ve‧le‧ve

Noun edit

apogāleveleve

  1. spider
  2. spiderweb

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 17