lanumoana
Tokelauan
Te lanu lanumoana.
Etymology
From
lanu
(
“
colour
”
)
+
moana
(
“
sea
”
)
. Akin to
Samoan
lanumoana
.
Pronunciation
IPA
(
key
)
:
[ˈla.nu mo.ˈa.na]
Hyphenation:
la‧nu‧mo‧a‧na
Verb
lanumoana
(
stative
)
to be
blue
Synonyms
fālanu
References
R. Simona, editor (
1986
),
Tokelau Dictionary
, Auckland
:
Office of Tokelau Affairs, page
180
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