Tui Tokelau
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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