Tokelauan edit

 
Te lanu kekena.

Etymology edit

From a reduplicated form of Proto-Polynesian *kena. Cognates include Tongan kena and Samoan ʻena.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ke.ˈke.na]
  • Hyphenation: ke‧ke‧na

Verb edit

kekena

  1. (stative) to be brown

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 158