Tuvalu
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Tuvaluan Tuuvalu (literally “eight standing together”) in reference to the eight inhabited islands of Tuvalu, although Tuvalu consists of nine islands. The ninth island, Niulakita, was inhabited in 1949. Compare to Proto-Austronesian *walu (“eight”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌtuːvəˈluː/, /tuːˈvɑː.luː/, /ˈtuː.və.luː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /tuˈvɑ.lu/, /ˈtu.və.lu/
Audio (US): (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /tʉːˈvɐːlʉː/
- Rhymes: -uː
Proper noun
[edit]Tuvalu
- A country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Funafuti.
- 2024 March 22, Emma Bubola, “The A.I. Boom Makes Millions for an Unlikely Industry Player: Anguilla”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Tuvalu, a string of islands northwest of Australia, sold the rights to its suffix, “.tv,” to a Canadian entrepreneur for $50 million, and used the money to put electricity on the outer islands, create scholarships and finance the process to join the United Nations.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]country in Oceania
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See also
[edit]- Appendix:Countries of the world
- (countries of Oceania) country of Oceania; Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
- Funafuti
Anagrams
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tuvalu
- Alternative spelling of Toewaloe: Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Related terms
[edit]Central Nahuatl
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tuvalu
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tuvalu n (indeclinable, related adjective tuvalský, demonym Tuvalan)
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tuvalu
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Related terms
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tuvalu n
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tuvalu
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Tuvalu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Tuvalu | — | |
genitive | Tuvalun | — | |
partitive | Tuvalua | — | |
illative | Tuvaluun | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Tuvalu | — | |
accusative | nom. | Tuvalu | — |
gen. | Tuvalun | ||
genitive | Tuvalun | — | |
partitive | Tuvalua | — | |
inessive | Tuvalussa | — | |
elative | Tuvalusta | — | |
illative | Tuvaluun | — | |
adessive | Tuvalulla | — | |
ablative | Tuvalulta | — | |
allative | Tuvalulle | — | |
essive | Tuvaluna | — | |
translative | Tuvaluksi | — | |
abessive | Tuvalutta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Tuvalu n (proper noun, genitive Tuvalus or (optionally with an article) Tuvalu)
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tuvalu
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Tuvalu | — |
accusative | Tuvalut | — |
dative | Tuvalunak | — |
instrumental | Tuvaluval | — |
causal-final | Tuvaluért | — |
translative | Tuvaluvá | — |
terminative | Tuvaluig | — |
essive-formal | Tuvaluként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Tuvaluban | — |
superessive | Tuvalun | — |
adessive | Tuvalunál | — |
illative | Tuvaluba | — |
sublative | Tuvalura | — |
allative | Tuvaluhoz | — |
elative | Tuvaluból | — |
delative | Tuvaluról | — |
ablative | Tuvalutól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Tuvalué | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Tuvaluéi | — |
Possessive forms of Tuvalu | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Tuvalum | — |
2nd person sing. | Tuvalud | — |
3rd person sing. | Tuvaluja | — |
1st person plural | Tuvalunk | — |
2nd person plural | Tuvalutok | — |
3rd person plural | Tuvalujuk | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Italian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tuvalu m
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/220px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png)
Proper noun
[edit]Tuvalu
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Related terms
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tuvalu
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Related terms
[edit]Polish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Tuvaluan Tuuvalu.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tuvalu n (indeclinable)
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Derived terms
[edit]adjective
Further reading
[edit]- Tuvalu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: Tu‧va‧lu
Proper noun
[edit]Tuvalu m
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Derived terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tuvalu ?
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Derived terms
[edit]Turkish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Tuvalu
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Declension
[edit]declension of Tuvalu
possessive of Tuvalu
singular | plural | |
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benim (my) | Tuvalu'm | Tuvalularım / Tuvalu'larım |
senin (your) | Tuvalu'n | Tuvaluların / Tuvalu'ların |
onun (his/her/its) | Tuvalu'su | Tuvaluları / Tuvalu'ları |
bizim (our) | Tuvalu'muz | Tuvalularımız / Tuvalu'larımız |
sizin (your) | Tuvalu'nuz | Tuvalularınız / Tuvalu'larınız |
onların (their) | Tuvalu'su / Tuvaluları / Tuvalu'ları | Tuvaluları / Tuvalu'ları |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- (countries of Oceania) Okyanusya ülkesi; Avustralya, Cook Adaları, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Adaları, Mikronezya, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua Yeni Gine, Samoa, Solomon Adaları, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yeni Zelanda
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- English terms borrowed from Tuvaluan
- English terms derived from Tuvaluan
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:English/uː
- Rhymes:English/uː/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Tuvalu
- en:Countries in Oceania
- en:Countries
- en:Islands
- English terms with quotations
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Tuvalu
- af:Countries in Oceania
- af:Countries
- af:Islands
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl proper nouns
- nhn:Tuvalu
- nhn:Countries in Oceania
- nhn:Countries
- nhn:Islands
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech indeclinable nouns
- Czech neuter nouns
- cs:Tuvalu
- cs:Countries in Oceania
- cs:Countries
- cs:Islands
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Tuvalu
- da:Countries in Oceania
- da:Countries
- da:Islands
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Tuvalu
- nl:Countries in Oceania
- nl:Countries
- nl:Islands
- Finnish terms derived from Tuvaluan
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/uʋɑlu
- Rhymes:Finnish/uʋɑlu/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Tuvalu
- fi:Countries in Oceania
- fi:Countries
- fi:Islands
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Tuvalu
- de:Countries in Oceania
- de:Countries
- de:Islands
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/lu
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Tuvalu
- hu:Countries in Oceania
- hu:Countries
- hu:Islands
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Tuvalu
- it:Countries in Oceania
- it:Countries
- it:Islands
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Tuvalu
- nb:Countries in Oceania
- nb:Countries
- nb:Islands
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Tuvalu
- nn:Countries in Oceania
- nn:Countries
- nn:Islands
- Polish terms borrowed from Tuvaluan
- Polish unadapted borrowings from Tuvaluan
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- Polish 3-syllable words
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- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/alu
- Rhymes:Polish/alu/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish terms spelled with V
- Polish neuter nouns
- pl:Tuvalu
- pl:Countries in Oceania
- pl:Countries
- pl:Islands
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/u
- Rhymes:Portuguese/u/3 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Tuvalu
- pt:Countries in Oceania
- pt:Countries
- pt:Islands
- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/alu
- Rhymes:Spanish/alu/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- es:Tuvalu
- es:Countries in Oceania
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- es:Islands
- Turkish terms with audio links
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- tr:Tuvalu
- tr:Countries in Oceania
- tr:Countries
- tr:Islands