Tui

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tui"

Portuguese

Catedral de Tui (Cathedral of Tui)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Tui, from Latin Tude.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtuj/ [ˈtuɪ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtuj/

Hyphenation: Tui

Proper noun

Tui m

Tui (a town in Galicia, Spain)

Related terms

tudense

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tuqi (“king”). Cognates include Tongan tui and Samoan tui. The original meaning was probably "chief" or "lord".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtu.i]
Hyphenation: Tu‧i

Proper noun

Tui

(mythology) A title used to refer to Tui Tokelau.

Derived terms

Tui Tokelau

References

R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs

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