Tuvalu
English
Etymology
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
- (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
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:
- 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
Translations
country in Oceania
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See also
- 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
Afrikaans
Proper noun
Tuvalu
- Alternative spelling of Toewaloe: Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Related terms
Central Nahuatl
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtuvalu]
Danish
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌtu.va.ˈlu/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Tu‧va‧lu
Finnish
Etymology
From Tuvaluan Tuuvalu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtuʋɑlu/, [ˈt̪uʋɑ̝lu]
- Rhymes: -uʋɑlu
- Syllabification(key): Tu‧va‧lu
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. | |||
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Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Tuvalu n (proper noun, genitive Tuvalus or (optionally with an article) Tuvalu)
- Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtuvɒlu]
- Hyphenation: Tu‧va‧lu
- Rhymes: -lu
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- tuvalui
Italian
Norwegian Bokmål
Flag of Tuvalu
Norwegian Nynorsk
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Tuvaluan Tuuvalu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuˈva.lu/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -alu
- Syllabification: Tu‧va‧lu
Further reading
- Tuvalu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tu.vaˈlu/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tu.vaˈlu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /tu.baˈlu/ [tu.βaˈlu]
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: Tu‧va‧lu
Derived terms
Spanish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuˈbalu/ [t̪uˈβ̞a.lu]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -alu
- Syllabification: Tu‧va‧lu
Derived terms
Turkish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Declension
declension of Tuvalu
possessive of Tuvalu
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- Tuvalulu
See also
- (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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