fakavae

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *faka-waqe. Cognates include Tuvaluan fakavae and Samoan fa'avae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha.ka.ˈva.e]
• Hyphenation: fa‧ka‧va‧e

Noun

fakavae

1. foundation
   • 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.

2. basis
3. principle

Verb

fakavae

1. (transitive) to found
2. (transitive) to establish
3. (intransitive, + i) to be founded (on)
   • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎^[2], page 1:

     Ko Tokelau e fakavae tumau i te Atua.

     Tokelau is founded permanently on God.

Derived terms

• tūlāfono fakavae

 

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 107