Tuvalu

See also: Túvalú and tuvalu

English

Etymology

From Tuvaluan meaning "eight standing together" in reference to the eight inhabited islands of Tuvalu, although Tuvalu consists of nine islands. The ninth island was inhabited in 1949. Compare to *walo meaning "eight" in Proto-Austronesian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuːˈvɑː.luː/, /ˈtuː.və.luː/

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Proper noun

Tuvalu

2. A country in Oceania.

Related terms

• Tuvaluan

Translations

country in Oceania

• Arabic: تُوفَالُو m (tufālū)
• Armenian: Տուվալու (Tuvalu)
• Assamese: টুভালু (tubhalu)
• Bengali: টুভালু (ṭubhalu)
• Breton: Tuvalu
• Bulgarian: Тува́лу n (Tuválu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 圖瓦盧／图瓦卢 (zh) (Túwǎlú), 图瓦卢 (zh) (Túwǎlú)

• Czech: Tuvalu (cs)
• Danish: Tuvalu (da)
• Dutch: Tuvalu (nl)
• Esperanto: Tuvalo (eo)
• Finnish: Tuvalu (fi)
• French: Tuvalu (fr)
• Georgian: ტუვალუ (ṭuvalu)
• German: Tuvalu (de)
• Greek: Τουβαλού (el) (Touvaloú)
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: तुवालू (hi) (tuvālū)
• Icelandic: Túvalú n
• Interlingua: Tuvalu
• Irish: Tuvalu
• Italian: Tuvalu (it)
• Japanese: ツバル (ja) (Tsubaru)
• Kalenjin: Tuvalu
• Kamba: Tuvalu
• Kannada: ತುವಾಲು (kn) (tuvālu)
• Khmer: ប្រទេសទូវ៉ាលូ (prɑteih tuuvaaluu)
• Kikuyu: Tuvalu
• Korean: 투발루 (ko) (Tuballu)
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• Luhya: Tuvalu
• Luo: Tuvalu
• Macedonian: Ту́валу n (Túvalu)
• Malayalam: തുവാലു (tuvālu)
• Marathi: तुवालू (tuvālū)
• Meru: Tuvalu
• Navajo: Tʼoobááloo
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: Tuvalu (Jersey)
• Norwegian: Tuvalu
• Oriya: ଟୁଭାଲୋ (ṭubhālō)
• Polish: Tuvalu (pl), Tuwalu (pl)
• Portuguese: Tuvalu (pt)
• Punjabi: ਤੁਵਾਲੂ (tuvālū)
• Romanian: Tuvalu (ro) n
• Russian: Тува́лу (ru) f or n (Tuválu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ту̀валу m

  Roman: Tùvalu (sh) m

• Slovak: Tuvalu n
• Spanish: Tuvalu (es)
• Swahili: Tuvalu (sw)
• Swedish: Tuvalu (sv)
• Tagalog: Tubalu
• Tamil: துவாலு (tuvālu)
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: ตูวาลู (th) (dtuu-waa-luu)
• Turkish: Tuvalu (tr)
• Turkmen: Tuwalu
• Yoruba: Tufalu

See also

• Countries of the world
• Funafuti

Anagrams

• Tuluva

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Czech

Proper noun

Tuvalu

1. Tuvalu

Related terms

• tuvalský
• Tuvalan

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Finnish

Proper noun

Tuvalu

1. Tuvalu

Declension

Inflection of Tuvalu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
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.

Possessive forms of Tuvalu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tuvaluni — accusative nom. Tuvaluni — gen. Tuvaluni genitive Tuvaluni — partitive Tuvaluani — inessive Tuvalussani — elative Tuvalustani — illative Tuvaluuni — adessive Tuvalullani — ablative Tuvalultani — allative Tuvalulleni — essive Tuvalunani — translative Tuvalukseni — abessive Tuvaluttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tuvalusi — accusative nom. Tuvalusi — gen. Tuvalusi genitive Tuvalusi — partitive Tuvaluasi — inessive Tuvalussasi — elative Tuvalustasi — illative Tuvaluusi — adessive Tuvalullasi — ablative Tuvalultasi — allative Tuvalullesi — essive Tuvalunasi — translative Tuvaluksesi — abessive Tuvaluttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tuvalumme — accusative nom. Tuvalumme — gen. Tuvalumme genitive Tuvalumme — partitive Tuvaluamme — inessive Tuvalussamme — elative Tuvalustamme — illative Tuvaluumme — adessive Tuvalullamme — ablative Tuvalultamme — allative Tuvalullemme — essive Tuvalunamme — translative Tuvaluksemme — abessive Tuvaluttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tuvalunne — accusative nom. Tuvalunne — gen. Tuvalunne genitive Tuvalunne — partitive Tuvaluanne — inessive Tuvalussanne — elative Tuvalustanne — illative Tuvaluunne — adessive Tuvalullanne — ablative Tuvalultanne — allative Tuvalullenne — essive Tuvalunanne — translative Tuvaluksenne — abessive Tuvaluttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Tuvalunsa — accusative nom. Tuvalunsa — gen. Tuvalunsa genitive Tuvalunsa — partitive Tuvaluaan Tuvaluansa — inessive Tuvalussaan Tuvalussansa — elative Tuvalustaan Tuvalustansa — illative Tuvaluunsa — adessive Tuvalullaan Tuvalullansa — ablative Tuvalultaan Tuvalultansa — allative Tuvalulleen Tuvalullensa — essive Tuvalunaan Tuvalunansa — translative Tuvalukseen Tuvaluksensa — abessive Tuvaluttaan Tuvaluttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

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German

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Proper noun

Tuvalu n (proper noun, strong, genitive Tuvalus)

1. Tuvalu

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Italian

Proper noun

Tuvalu m

1. Tuvalu

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Norwegian Bokmål

Flag of Tuvalu

Proper noun

Tuvalu

1. Tuvalu

Related terms

• tuvaler
• tuvalsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Tuvalu

1. Tuvalu

Related terms

• tuvalar
• tuvalsk

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Polish

Alternative forms

• Tuwalu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈva.lu/

Proper noun

1. Tuvalu

Derived terms

• adjective: tuwalski

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Tuvalu m

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Oceania)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈbalu/ [t̪uˈβ̞a.lu]

Proper noun

Tuvalu ?

1. Tuvalu