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
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /tuːˈvaːluː/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtuː.və.luː/
- (US) IPA(key): /tuːˈvɑː.luː/, /ˈtuː.və.luː/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uː
Related terms
Translations
country in Oceania
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See also
- Countries of the world
- Funafuti
Finnish
Etymology
From Tuvaluan Tuuvalu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtuʋɑlu/, [ˈt̪uʋɑlu]
- 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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Tuvalutta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Tuvalu (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Tuvaluni | Tuvalumme |
| 2nd person | Tuvalusi | Tuvalunne |
| 3rd person | Tuvalunsa | |
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)
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
Norwegian Bokmål
Flag of Tuvalu
Polish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuˈva.lu/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -alu
- Syllabification: Tu‧va‧lu
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuˈbalu/ [t̪uˈβ̞a.lu]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -alu
- Syllabification: Tu‧va‧lu
Turkish
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, VanuatuYeni Zelanda,
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