# 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

* toluene

### Anagrams

* Toul, lout, ulto

## Central Dusun
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

### Numeral

tolu
* three

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tōlu, *tōlï, from Proto-Turkic *tōl- (“to be full”).

### Adjective

tolu
* full
* loaded (of guns)

#### Declension
### Adverb

tolu
* An indefinite large number of, many

## Dusun Deyah
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu.

### Numeral

tolu
* three

## Fijian
### 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.

### Numeral

tolu
* three

## Kambera
### Noun

tolu
* flesh

#### 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.

### Numeral

tolu
* three

## Niuean
### 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
* three

## Ponosakan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu. Compare Cebuano tulo, Mongondow tolu'

### Numeral

tolu
* three

## Pukapukan
### 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
* three
    Aumai koe e tolu aku niu i te taeyao.You bring three coconuts for me tomorrow.
* third
    Ko ona te tolu i te atu ia.He is the third in that line.

### Further reading

* Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

## Samoan
### 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
* three

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈto.lu]

### Noun

tolu
* a sunhat

### 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.

### Numeral

tolu
* three

## Tokelauan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tolu. Cognates include Hawaiian kolu and Samoan tolu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈto.lu]
* Hyphenation: to‧lu

### Verb

tolu
* (stative) to be three

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 459

## Tongan
### 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: /to.lu/

### Numeral

tolu
* three

## Tuvaluan
### 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
* three

## Uneapa
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tolu/

### Numeral

tolu
* three

### 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.

### Numeral

tolu
* three