# Tuvalu
## English
### Etymology

From Tuvaluan Tuuvalu (literally “eight standing together”) in reference to the eight inhabited islands of Tuvalu, although Tuvalu consists of nine islands. The ninth island, Niulakita, was inhabited in 1949. Compare to Proto-Austronesian *walu (“eight”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌtuːvəˈluː/, /tuːˈvɑː.luː/, /ˈtuː.və.luː/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /tuˈvɑ.lu/, /ˈtu.və.lu/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /tʉːˈvɐːlʉː/
* Rhymes: -uː

### Proper noun

Tuvalu
* A country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Funafuti.
** 2024 March 22, Emma Bubola, “The A.I. Boom Makes Millions for an Unlikely Industry Player: Anguilla”, in The New York Times‎:Tuvalu, a string of islands northwest of Australia, sold the rights to its suffix, “.tv,” to a Canadian entrepreneur for $50 million, and used the money to put electricity on the outer islands, create scholarships and finance the process to join the United Nations.

#### Derived terms

* Tuvaluan

#### Translations
### See also

* Appendix:Countries of the world
* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Kiribati
* Marshall Islands
* Micronesia
* Nauru
* New Zealand
* Niue
* Palau
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu
* Funafuti

### Anagrams

* Tuluva

## Afrikaans
### Proper noun

Tuvalu
* Alternative spelling of Toewaloe: Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

#### Related terms

* Tuvaluaan
* Tuvaluaans

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Tuvalu
* Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtuvalu]

### Proper noun

Tuvalu n (indeclinable, relational adjective tuvalský, demonym Tuvalan)
* Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

## Danish
### Proper noun

Tuvalu
* Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

#### Related terms

* tuvaler
* tuvalsk

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌtu.va.ˈlu/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Tu‧va‧lu

### Proper noun

Tuvalu n
* Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Tuvaluan Tuuvalu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtuʋɑlu/, [ˈt̪uʋɑ̝lu]
* Rhymes: -uʋɑlu
* Hyphenation: Tu‧va‧lu

### Proper noun

Tuvalu
* Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Tuvalu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Tuvaluni
accusative
nom.
Tuvaluni
gen.
Tuvaluni
genitive
Tuvaluni
partitive
Tuvaluani
inessive
Tuvalussani
elative
Tuvalustani
illative
Tuvaluuni
adessive
Tuvalullani
ablative
Tuvalultani
allative
Tuvalulleni
essive
Tuvalunani
translative
Tuvalukseni
abessive
Tuvaluttani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Tuvalusi
accusative
nom.
Tuvalusi
gen.
Tuvalusi
genitive
Tuvalusi
partitive
Tuvaluasi
inessive
Tuvalussasi
elative
Tuvalustasi
illative
Tuvaluusi
adessive
Tuvalullasi
ablative
Tuvalultasi
allative
Tuvalullesi
essive
Tuvalunasi
translative
Tuvaluksesi
abessive
Tuvaluttasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Tuvalumme
accusative
nom.
Tuvalumme
gen.
Tuvalumme
genitive
Tuvalumme
partitive
Tuvaluamme
inessive
Tuvalussamme
elative
Tuvalustamme
illative
Tuvaluumme
adessive
Tuvalullamme
ablative
Tuvalultamme
allative
Tuvalullemme
essive
Tuvalunamme
translative
Tuvaluksemme
abessive
Tuvaluttamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Tuvalunne
accusative
nom.
Tuvalunne
gen.
Tuvalunne
genitive
Tuvalunne
partitive
Tuvaluanne
inessive
Tuvalussanne
elative
Tuvalustanne
illative
Tuvaluunne
adessive
Tuvalullanne
ablative
Tuvalultanne
allative
Tuvalullenne
essive
Tuvalunanne
translative
Tuvaluksenne
abessive
Tuvaluttanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Tuvalunsa
accusative
nom.
Tuvalunsa
gen.
Tuvalunsa
genitive
Tuvalunsa
partitive
Tuvaluaan Tuvaluansa
inessive
Tuvalussaan Tuvalussansa
elative
Tuvalustaan Tuvalustansa
illative
Tuvaluunsa
adessive
Tuvalullaan Tuvalullansa
ablative
Tuvalultaan Tuvalultansa
allative
Tuvalulleen Tuvalullensa
essive
Tuvalunaan Tuvalunansa
translative
Tuvalukseen Tuvaluksensa
abessive
Tuvaluttaan Tuvaluttansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* tuvalulainen

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Tuvalu n (proper noun, genitive Tuvalus or (optionally with an article) Tuvalu)
* Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtuvɒlu]
* Hyphenation: Tu‧va‧lu
* Rhymes: -lu

### Proper noun

Tuvalu
* Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

#### Derived terms

* tuvalui

## Italian
### Proper noun

Tuvalu m
* Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Tuvalu
* Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

#### Related terms

* tuvaler
* tuvalsk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Tuvalu
* Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

#### Related terms

* tuvalar
* tuvalsk

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* Tuwalu

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Tuvaluan Tuuvalu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuˈva.lu/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alu
* Syllabification: Tu‧va‧lu

### Proper noun

Tuvalu n (indeclinable, related adjective tuwalski)
* Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

### See also

* Australia
* Fidżi
* Kiribati
* Mikronezja
* Nauru
* Niue
* Nowa Zelandia
* Palau
* Papua-Nowa Gwinea
* Samoa
* Tonga
* Tuvalu ~ Tuwalu
* Vanuatu
* Wyspy Cooka
* Wyspy Marshalla
* Wyspy Salomona

### Further reading

* Tuvalu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /tu.vaˈlu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tu.vaˈlu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tu.vaˈlu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /tu.baˈlu/ [tu.βaˈlu]
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: Tu‧va‧lu

### Proper noun

Tuvalu m
* Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

#### Derived terms

* tuvaluano

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* Tuvalú

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuˈbalu/ [t̪uˈβ̞a.lu]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alu
* Syllabification: Tu‧va‧lu

### Proper noun

Tuvalu ?
* Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

#### Derived terms

* tuvaluano

## Swedish
### Proper noun

Tuvalu n (genitive Tuvalus)
* Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

#### Related terms

* tuvaluan
* tuvaluansk
* tuvaluanska

### Further reading

* Tuvalu in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Tuvalu
* Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

#### Derived terms

* Tuvalulu

### See also

* Avustralya
* Cook Adaları
* Fiji
* Kiribati
* Marshall Adaları
* Mikronezya
* Nauru
* Niue
* Palau
* Papua Yeni Gine
* Samoa
* Solomon Adaları
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu
* Yeni Zelanda