hefulu

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Tokelauan[edit]

Tokelauan cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : hefulu

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *se-fulu, from *se (any) + *-fulu (ten). Cognates include Tuvaluan sefulu and Samoan sefulu.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [he.ˈhᵝu.lu]
  • Hyphenation: he‧fu‧lu

Verb[edit]

hefulu

  1. (stative) to be ten

References[edit]

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 306