tautou

See also:Tautou

Tokelauan

Etymology

FromProto-Polynesian*te-qa-u-tou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ta.u.ˈto.u]
• Hyphenation:ta‧u‧to‧u

Determiner

tautou

1. (alienable,definite)your

See also

Tokelauan possessive determiners

	Definite inalienable (O-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	toku, tota1	tomāua	tomā	tomātou	oku, ota1	omāua	omā	omātou
1st person (incl.)	―	totāua	totā	totātou	―	otāua	otā	otātou
2nd person	tō	toulua		toutou	ō	oulua		outou
3rd person	tona	tolāua	tolā	tolātou	ona	olāua	olā	olātou
	Definite alienable (A-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	taku, tata1	tamāua	tamā	tamātou	aku, ata1	amāua	amā	amātou
1st person (incl.)	―	tatāua	tatā	tatātou	―	atāua	atā	atātou
2nd person	tau	taulua		tautou	au	aulua		autou
3rd person	tana	talāua	talā	talātou	ana	alāua	alā	alātou
	Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	hoku, hota1	homāua	homā	homātou	nioku, niota1	ni omāua	ni omā	ni omātou
1st person (incl.)	―	hotāua	hotā	hotātou	―	ni otāua	ni otā	ni otātou
2nd person	hō	houlua		houtou	niō	nioulua		nioutou
3rd person	hona	holāua	holā	holātou	niona	ni olāua	ni olā	ni olātou
	Indefinite alienable (A-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	haku, hata1	hamāua	hamā	hamātou	niaku, niata1	ni amāua	ni amā	ni amātou
1st person (incl.)	―	hatāua	hatā	hatātou	―	ni atāua	ni atā	ni atātou
2nd person	hau	haulua		hautou	niau	niaulua		niautou
3rd person	hana	halāua	halā	halātou	niana	ni alāua	ni alā	ni alātou
1)Sympathetic

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986),Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1],Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page351