Tokelau

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊkəlaʊ/

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Tokelau

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

• Tokelau Islands

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From Tokelauan Tokelau.

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

Tokelau

1. Tokelau (three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean)

• tokelau

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

Tokelau

1. (informal) Alternative form of Tokelau-szigetek: Tokelau (three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean)

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	—

• tokelaui

Tokelau m

1. Alternative spelling of Toquelau

From tokelau (“northern wind”).

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

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.

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

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