From Proto-Reefs-Santa Cruz*na qqe, fromProto-Oceanic*na qaqe, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*qaqay, fromProto-Austronesian*qaqay.
nuku
- (anatomy)leg,foot
- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, inOceanic Linguistics, volume46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J.,Blust, R., &Gray, R.D. (2008).The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics.Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
- Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, inOceanic Linguistics.
nuku
- (transitive) tobelieve
nuku
- genitivesingular ofnukk
nuku
- sand
nuku
- inflection ofnukkua:
- presentactiveindicativeconnegative
- second-personsingularpresentimperative
- second-personsingularpresentactiveimperativeconnegative
FromProto-Polynesian*ŋutu, fromProto-Austronesian*ŋusuq (CompareTonganngutu,Tagalognguso).
nuku
- snout,beak,mouth
- IPA(key): [ˈnuku]
- Hyphenation:nu‧ku
nuku
- (slang)nothing
- Synonyms:nincs,semmi
nuku
- Rōmaji transcription ofぬく
nuku
- leaf-cutter ant
- Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984)Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves;28)[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.:Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page23
FromProto-Polynesian*nuku. Cognates includeMaorinuku andSamoannu'u.
- IPA(key): [ˈnu.ku]
- Hyphenation:nu‧ku
nuku
- village,town
1948,Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau][2], page 1:Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nānuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.- This foundation is recognised in thevillages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and [if] they live together in peace and happiness.
2012, “Tokelau mō te Atua [Tokelau for the God]”:Te Atua onuku, te Atua o Tokelau.- The God ofvillages, the God of Tokelau.
- country,place
- homeland
- villagers
- R. Simona, editor (1986),Tokelau Dictionary[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page253
