Tokelau

Borrowed from Tokelauan Tokelau, from Tokelauan tokelau (“north wind”), from Proto-Polynesian *tokelau (“northwesterly”). Compare Maori tokerau (“north”); Rapa Nui tokerau (“wind”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊkəlaʊ/

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Tokelau

1. Three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean.

• Tokelau Islands

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From Tokelauan Tokelau.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtokelɑu̯/, [ˈt̪o̞k̟e̞lɑ̝u̯]
• Rhymes: -okelɑu
• Syllabification^(key): To‧ke‧lau
• Hyphenation^(key): To‧ke‧lau

Tokelau

1. Tokelau (three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean)

• tokelau

• IPA^(key): [ˈtokɛlɒu]
• Hyphenation: To‧ke‧lau
• Rhymes: -u

Tokelau

1. (informal) alternative form of Tokelau-szigetek: Tokelau (three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean)

• tokelaui

Tokelau m

1. alternative spelling of Toquelau

From tokelau (“northern wind”).

• IPA^(key): [to.ke.ˈla.u]
• Hyphenation: To‧ke‧la‧u

Tokelau

1. Tokelau (three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean)
   • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎^[1], page 1:

     Ko kimatou, ia tagata o Tokelau, e takutino

     We, the people of Tokelau, say openly

   • 2012, “Tokelau mō te Atua [Tokelau for the God]”:

     Te Atua o nuku, te Atua o Tokelau.

     The God of villages, the God of Tokelau.

• → Arabic: تُوكِيلَاو (tūkīlāw)
• → English: Tokelau
• → Japanese: トケラウ (tokerau)

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs