Tui Tokelau
Appearance
Tokelauan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Tui (“Lord”) + Tokelau (“Tokelau”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tui Tokelau
- (mythology) The major god in the Tokelau mythology.
- 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau][1], page 1:
- Talu mai nā aho o Maui, ma Tui Tokelau ko te laukelekele, te tai, ma te ea nae fakaolaola ai o matou tagata
- Ever since the days of Maui, and Tui Tokelau, the land, the sea, it was them that stimulated our people
References
[edit]- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 21