kāfai

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See also: kafai

Tokelauan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *ka-fai. Cognates include Tongan ka na fai and Samoan ʻāfai.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈkaː.ha.i]
  • Hyphenation: kā‧fa‧i

Conjunction[edit]

kāfai

  1. if, when
    • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎[1], page 1:
      Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.
      This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and they live together in peace and happiness.
  2. when (at which point in the future)

References[edit]

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 148
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