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masina¹ volume_up

n. month

名月（暦の）

The year of Tuvalu traditionally started in November (Mulifa), and the names of the months were also unique to Tuvaluan. Today, the year starts in January as in the West, and the names of the months are loanwords from English. The celestial moon is also called masina².

ツバル語の１年は，伝統的には11月（Mulifa）から始まり，各月の名称もツバル語固有のものだったが，今日では欧米と同じく1月（Ianuali）から始まり，名称も英語からの借用語になっている．なお，天体の月もmasina²という．

suā masina volume_up

adv. next month

副来月

[参] masina fou.

masina nei volume_up

n. this month

名今月

masina (month) + nei (now).

masina（月）+ nei（今）．

masina ko teka

n. last month