Tokelau

See also: tokelau

English

Map of all Tokelau Islands. Swains Island (claimed from US) is shown to the south.

Etymology

Borrowed from Tokelauan Tokelau, from Tokelauan tokelau (“north wind”), from Proto-Polynesian *tokelau (“northwesterly”). Compare Maori tokerau (“north”); Rapa Nui tokerau (“wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊkəlaʊ/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Tokelau

1. Three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean.

Derived terms

• Tokelau Islands

Translations

a territory of New Zealand in the Pacific

• Arabic: تُوكِيلَاو (tūkīlāw)
• Breton: Tokelau
• Bulgarian: Токела́у (Tokeláu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 托克勞／托克劳 (zh) (Tuōkèláo)

• Danish: Tokelau
• Dutch: Tokelau-eilanden (nl) pl, Tokelau (nl) n
• East Futuna: Tokelau
• Esperanto: Tokelao
• Finnish: Tokelau (fi)
• French: Tokélaou f pl, Tokelau (fr) f pl
• Galician: Tokelau (gl)
• German: Tokelau (de)
• Greek: Τοκελάου (Tokeláou)
• Hungarian: Tokelau-szigetek
• Interlingua: Tokelau
• Italian: Tokelau f pl
• Japanese: トケラウ (tokerau)
• Macedonian: Токела́у n (Tokeláu)
• Maori: Tokerau
• Marathi: तोकेलाउ m (tokelāu)
• Norman: Tokelau
• Polish: Tokelau (pl)
• Portuguese: Tokelau (pt) m or f, Toquelau (pt) m or f
• Romanian: Tokelau (ro)
• Russian: Токелау (Tokelau)
• Serbo-Croatian: Tokelau
• Sicilian: Tokelau f pl
• Spanish: Tokelau (es)
• Swedish: Tokelau
• Thai: โตเกเลา (dtohgaylao)
• Tokelauan: Tokelau
• Turkish: Tokelau (tr)
• Ukrainian: Токела́у (Tokeláu)
• Uyghur: توكېلاۋ (tokëlaw)
• Wallisian: Tokelau
• West Frisian: Tokelau n

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world

Anagrams

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Finnish

Etymology

From Tokelauan Tokelau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtokelɑu̯/, [ˈt̪o̞k̟e̞lɑ̝u̯]
• Rhymes: -okelɑu
• Hyphenation^(key): To‧ke‧lau

Proper noun

Tokelau

1. 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)
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.

Possessive forms of Tokelau (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tokelauni — accusative nom. Tokelauni — gen. Tokelauni genitive Tokelauni — partitive Tokelautani — inessive Tokelaussani — elative Tokelaustani — illative Tokelauhuni — adessive Tokelaullani — ablative Tokelaultani — allative Tokelaulleni — essive Tokelaunani — translative Tokelaukseni — abessive Tokelauttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tokelausi — accusative nom. Tokelausi — gen. Tokelausi genitive Tokelausi — partitive Tokelautasi — inessive Tokelaussasi — elative Tokelaustasi — illative Tokelauhusi — adessive Tokelaullasi — ablative Tokelaultasi — allative Tokelaullesi — essive Tokelaunasi — translative Tokelauksesi — abessive Tokelauttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tokelaumme — accusative nom. Tokelaumme — gen. Tokelaumme genitive Tokelaumme — partitive Tokelautamme — inessive Tokelaussamme — elative Tokelaustamme — illative Tokelauhumme — adessive Tokelaullamme — ablative Tokelaultamme — allative Tokelaullemme — essive Tokelaunamme — translative Tokelauksemme — abessive Tokelauttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tokelaunne — accusative nom. Tokelaunne — gen. Tokelaunne genitive Tokelaunne — partitive Tokelautanne — inessive Tokelaussanne — elative Tokelaustanne — illative Tokelauhunne — adessive Tokelaullanne — ablative Tokelaultanne — allative Tokelaullenne — essive Tokelaunanne — translative Tokelauksenne — abessive Tokelauttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Tokelaunsa — accusative nom. Tokelaunsa — gen. Tokelaunsa genitive Tokelaunsa — partitive Tokelautaan Tokelautansa — inessive Tokelaussaan Tokelaussansa — elative Tokelaustaan Tokelaustansa — illative Tokelauhunsa — adessive Tokelaullaan Tokelaullansa — ablative Tokelaultaan Tokelaultansa — allative Tokelaulleen Tokelaullensa — essive Tokelaunaan Tokelaunansa — translative Tokelaukseen Tokelauksensa — abessive Tokelauttaan Tokelauttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Related terms

• tokelau

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtokɛlɒu]
• Hyphenation: To‧ke‧lau
• Rhymes: -u

Proper noun

Tokelau

1. (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
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

• tokelaui

Portuguese

Proper noun

Tokelau m

1. Alternative spelling of Toquelau

Tokelauan

Te fuka o Tokelau.

Etymology

From tokelau (“northern wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to.ke.ˈla.u]
• Hyphenation: To‧ke‧la‧u

Proper noun

Tokelau

1. Tokelau (three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean)
   • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎^[1], page 1:

     Ko kimatou, ia tagata o Tokelau, e takutino

     We, the people of Tokelau, say openly

   • 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

• gagana Tokelau
• Tui Tokelau

 

Descendants

• → Arabic: تُوكِيلَاو (tūkīlāw)
• → English: Tokelau
• → Japanese: トケラウ (tokerau)

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs