naakoo ee

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Tuvaluan[edit]

FWOTD – 14 December 2015

Etymology[edit]

From Gilbertese nako (“go”) +‎ ee (vocative particle).

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

naakoo ee

  1. Said as encouragement before someone attempts to lift a heavy object.

References[edit]

  • Niko Besnier (2002). "Tuvaluan: A Polynesian Language of the Central Pacific", page 624.
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