Tuvaluan

See also: tuvaluan

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Tuvalu

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Old French -ainder.

Middle English -an

English -an

English Tuvaluan

From Tuvalu + -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuːˈvɑluːən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

Tuvaluan (plural Tuvaluans)

1. A person from Tuvalu or of Tuvaluan descent.

Translations

A person from Tuvalu or of Tuvaluan descent

• Afrikaans: Toewaloeaan, Tuvaluaan
• Asturian: tuvaluanu (ast) m, tuvaluana (ast) f
• Czech: Tuvalan (cs) m
• Danish: tuvaler c
• Dutch: Tuvaluaan (nl) m, Tuvaluaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: tuvalano (man or woman), tuvalanino (woman)
• French: Tuvalais (fr) m (recommended), Tuvaluan (fr) m, Touvalouéen m
• Galician: tuvalés (gl) m
• German: Tuvaluer (de) m, Tuvaluerin (de) f
• Icelandic: Túvalúi m
• Indonesian: orang Tuvalu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tuvaler (no) m

  Nynorsk: tuvalar m

• Polish: Tuwalczyk (pl) m, Tuwalka (pl) f
• Portuguese: tuvaluano (pt) m, tuvaluana f
• Romanian: tuvaluan m, tuvaluană f
• Russian: тувалу (ru) m or f (tuvalu)
• Spanish: tuvaluano (es) m, tuvaluana (es) f
• Turkish: Tuvalulu

Adjective

Tuvaluan (comparative more Tuvaluan, superlative most Tuvaluan)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Tuvalu, the Tuvaluan people or the Tuvaluan language.

Translations

Of, from, or pertaining to Tuvalu, the Tuvaluan people or the Tuvaluan language

• Afrikaans: Toewaloeaans, Tuvaluaans
• Asturian: tuvaluanu (ast)
• Czech: tuvalský (cs)
• Dutch: Tuvaluaans (nl)
• Galician: tuvalés (gl)
• German: tuvaluisch (de)
• Icelandic: túvalúskur m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tuvalsk (no)

  Nynorsk: tuvalsk

• Polish: tuwalski (pl) m
• Portuguese: tuvaluano (pt) m
• Romanian: tuvaluan
• Spanish: tuvaluano (es)

Proper noun

sign in Tuvaluan

Tuvaluan

1. The Polynesian language mostly spoken in Tuvalu.

Translations

language

• Afrikaans: Toewaloeaans, Tuvaluaans
• Asturian: tuvaluanu (ast)
• Dutch: Tuvaluaans (nl) n
• Finnish: tuvalu (fi)
• Icelandic: túvalúska f
• Japanese: ツバル語 (ja) (Tsubaru-go)
• Navajo: Tʼoobááloo bizaad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tuvalsk (no) m

  Nynorsk: tuvalsk m

• Portuguese: tuvaluano (pt) m
• Romanian: tuvaluană f
• Russian: тувалу (ru) m (tuvalu), тувалуанский (tuvaluanskij)
• Spanish: tuvaluano (es) m
• Swedish: tuvaluanska (sv) c

See also

• Ellicean

Further reading

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tuvaluan terms
• Ethnologue entry for Tuvaluan, tvl ⁠