laukelekele
Tokelauan
editEtymology
editFrom lau (“leaf”) + kelekele (“land”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlaukelekele
- land, area
- 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau][1], page 1:
- Talu mai nā aho o Maui, ma Tui Tokelau ko te laukelekele, te tai, ma te ea nae fakaolaola ai o matou tagata
- Ever since the days of Maui, and Tui Tokelau, the land, the sea, it was them that stimulated our people
References
edit- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 172