fakavae
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Tokelauan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *faka-waqe. Cognates include Tuvaluan fakavae and Samoan fa'avae.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fakavae
- foundation
- 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau][1], 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.
- basis
- principle
Verb[edit]
fakavae
- (transitive) to found
- (transitive) to establish
- (intransitive, + i) to be founded (on)
- 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau][2], page 1:
- Ko Tokelau e fakavae tūmau i te Atua.
- Tokelau is founded permanently on God.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 107