Tui

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tui"

Portuguese

Catedral de Tui (Cathedral of Tui)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Tui, from Latin Tude.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtuj/ [ˈtuɪ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtuj/

• Hyphenation: Tui

Proper noun

Tui m

1. Tui (a town in Galicia, Spain)

Related terms

• tudense

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tuqi (“king”). Cognates include Tongan tui and Samoan tui. The original meaning was probably "chief" or "lord".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtu.i]
• Hyphenation: Tu‧i

Proper noun

Tui

1. (mythology) A title used to refer to Tui Tokelau.

Derived terms

• Tui Tokelau

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs