Tuvalu

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”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌtuːvəˈluː/, /tuːˈvɑː.luː/, /ˈtuː.və.luː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tuˈvɑ.lu/, /ˈtu.və.lu/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /tʉːˈvɐːlʉː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Tuvalu

2. 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^[1]:

     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.

• Tuvaluan

• 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

• Tuluva

Tuvalu

1. Alternative spelling of Toewaloe: Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• Tuvaluaan
• Tuvaluaans

Tuvalu

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuvalu]

Tuvalu n (indeclinable, related adjective tuvalský, demonym Tuvalan)

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

Tuvalu

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• tuvaler
• tuvalsk

• IPA^(key): /ˌtu.va.ˈlu/

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• Hyphenation: Tu‧va‧lu

Tuvalu n

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

From Tuvaluan Tuuvalu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuʋɑlu/, [ˈt̪uʋɑ̝lu]
• Rhymes: -uʋɑlu
• Hyphenation^(key): Tu‧va‧lu

Tuvalu

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

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Tuvalu n (proper noun, genitive Tuvalus or (optionally with an article) Tuvalu)

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuvɒlu]
• Hyphenation: Tu‧va‧lu
• Rhymes: -lu

Tuvalu

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

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	—

• tuvalui

Tuvalu m

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

Tuvalu

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• tuvaler
• tuvalsk

Tuvalu

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• tuvalar
• tuvalsk

• Tuwalu

Unadapted borrowing from Tuvaluan Tuuvalu.

• IPA^(key): /tuˈva.lu/

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• Rhymes: -alu
• Syllabification: Tu‧va‧lu

Tuvalu n (indeclinable, related adjective tuwalski)

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• (countries of Oceania) kraje Oceanii; Australia, Fidżi, Kiribati, Mikronezja, Nauru, Niue, Nowa Zelandia, Palau, Papua-Nowa Gwinea, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu/Tuwalu, Vanuatu, Wyspy Cooka, Wyspy Marshalla, Wyspy Salomona

• Tuvalu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: Tu‧va‧lu

Tuvalu m

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• tuvaluano

• Tuvalú

• IPA^(key): /tuˈbalu/ [t̪uˈβ̞a.lu]

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• Rhymes: -alu
• Syllabification: Tu‧va‧lu

Tuvalu ?

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

Tuvalu n (genitive Tuvalus)

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• tuvaluan
• tuvaluansk
• tuvaluanska

• Tuvalu in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)

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Tuvalu

1. Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• Tuvalulu

• (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