Tuvalu
See also: Túvalú
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.
Related terms
Translations
country in Oceania
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See also
- Countries of the world
- Funafuti
Finnish
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 | — | — | |
Italian
Polish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuˈva.lu/
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