fakatahi
Tokelauan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *faka-tasi. Cognates include Hawaiian hoʻokahi and Samoan faʻatasi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ha.ka.ˈta.hi]
- Hyphenation: fa‧ka‧ta‧hi
Adverb
fakatahi
- all at once; together
- 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau][1], page 1:
- Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.
- This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and [if] they live together in peace and happiness.
Derived terms
References
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 101