Tui

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tui"

English

Proper noun

Tui

  1. A town in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Tui

Etymology 1

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Catedral de Tui (Cathedral of Tui)

From Old Galician-Portuguese Tui, from Latin Tude.

Proper noun

Tui m

  1. Tui (a town in Galicia, Spain)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Tui m

  1. a diminutive of the male given names Artur or Arthur

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tuqi (“king”). Cognates include Tongan tui and Samoan tui. The original meaning was probably "chief" or "lord".

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tui

  1. (mythology) A title used to refer to Tui Tokelau.

Derived terms

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs
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