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Tokelauan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *ka-fai. Cognates include Tongan ka na fai and Samoan ʻāfai.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: kā‧fa‧i
Conjunction
kāfai
- if, when
1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau], page 1:Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.- This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and they live together in peace and happiness.
- when (at which point in the future)
References
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 148