Tokelau
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Map of all Tokelau Islands. Swains Island (claimed from US) is shown to the south.
Te fuka o Tokelau.
See also: tokelau
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Tokelauan Tokelau, from Tokelauan tokelau (“north wind”), from Proto-Polynesian *tokelau (“northwesterly”). Compare Maori tokerau (“north”); Rapa Nui tokerau (“wind”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tokelau
- Three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean.
Derived terms
Translations
a territory of New Zealand in the Pacific
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tokelau
- Tokelau (three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean)
Declension
| 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
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tokelau
- (informal) Alternative form of Tokelau-szigetek: Tokelau (three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
Portuguese
Proper noun
Tokelau m
- Alternative spelling of Toquelau
Tokelauan
Etymology
From tokelau (“northern wind”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tokelau
- Tokelau (three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean)
- 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
Descendants
- → Arabic: تُوكِيلَاو (tūkīlāw)
- → English: Tokelau
- → Japanese: トケラウ (tokerau)