tēia

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *te-ia. Cognates include Hawaiian kēia and Samoan lea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈteː.ia]
• Hyphenation: tē‧i‧a

Pronoun

tēia

1. that

Determiner

tēia

1. that

See also

Tokelauan demonstratives

	singular	plural
simple	tē	iē
proximal	tēnei, nei	iēnei, nei
medial	tēnā	iēnā
distal	tēia	iēia

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 380