hefulu

Tokelauan
Tokelauan cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : hefulu

Etymology

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

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

Verb

hefulu

  1. (stative) to be ten

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