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Tuvaluan

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See also: tuvaluan

English

Etymology

From Tuvalu +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuːˈvɑluːən/

Noun

Tuvaluan (plural Tuvaluans)

A person from Tuvalu or of Tuvaluan descent.

Translations

A person from Tuvalu or of Tuvaluan descent

Afrikaans: Toewaloeaan, Tuvaluaan
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
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 (not comparable)

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
Czech: tuvalský (cs)
Dutch: Tuvaluaans (nl)
Galician: tuvalés (gl)
German: tuvaluisch (de)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tuvalsk (no)

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

Proper noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Tuvaluan language

sign in Tuvaluan

Tuvaluan

The Polynesian language mostly spoken in Tuvalu.

Translations

language

Afrikaans: Toewaloeaans, Tuvaluaans
Dutch: Tuvaluaans (nl) n
Finnish: tuvalu (fi)
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 ⁠

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