tolu
English
Etymology
From Spanish Tolú (“town in Colombia where the tree is found”), from tolúes (“name of a pre-Columbian people of the area”).
Noun
tolu (countable and uncountable, plural tolus)
- The resinous secretion of Myroxylon balsamum, used in cough syrups and perfumery.
Derived terms
Central Dusun
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Cardinal: tolu Ordinal: kotolu |
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *tōlu, *tōlï, from Proto-Turkic *tōl- (“to be full”).
Declension
nominative | tolu |
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genitive | tolunıñ |
dative | toluğa |
accusative | tolunı |
locative | toluda |
ablative | toludan |
Fijian
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Cardinal : tolu | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Central Pacific *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.
Kambera
Related terms
- tolung (“meat”)
References
- Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 213
Niuatoputapu
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.
Niuean
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Cardinal : tolu | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.
Pukapukan
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Cardinal : tolu Ordinal : tolu | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.
Numeral
tolu
Further reading
Samoan
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Cardinal : tolu | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈto.lu]
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tetum
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.
Tokelauan
< 2 | 3 | 4 > |
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Cardinal : tolu | ||
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈto.lu]
- Hyphenation: to‧lu
Tongan
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Cardinal : tolu | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /to.lu/
Tuvaluan
< 2 | 3 | 4 > |
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Cardinal : tolu | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tolu/
Further reading
- Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 368
Wallisian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.