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masina1 volume_up
n. month
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.
Kelekele volume_up
n. January
1月
rarely used today, and the English loanword Ianuali is used instead.
今はほとんど使われず,英語からの借用語Ianualiが使われる.
Siliga volume_up
n. February
2月
rarely used today, and the English loanword Fepuali is used instead.
今はほとんど使われず,英語からの借用語Fepualiが使われる.
Utuaemua volume_up
n. March
3月
rarely used today, and the English loanword Mati is used instead.
今はほとんど使われず,英語からの借用語Matiが使われる.
Utuaetua volume_up
n. April
4月
rarely used today, and the English loanword Apelila is used instead.
今はほとんど使われず,英語からの借用語Apelilaが使われる.
Fakaafu volume_up
n. May
5月
rarely used today, and the English loanword Mē is used instead.
今はほとんど使われず,英語からの借用語Mēが使われる.
Kaunuunu volume_up
n. June
6月
rarely used today, and the English loanword Iuni is used instead.
今はほとんど使われず,英語からの借用語Iuniが使われる.
Luamanu volume_up
n. July
7月
rarely used today, and the English loanword Iulai is used instead.
今はほとんど使われず,英語からの借用語Iulaiが使われる.
Gataitokia volume_up
n. August
8月
rarely used today, and the English loanword Aokuso is used instead.
今はほとんど使われず,英語からの借用語Aokusoが使われる.
Paloloamua volume_up
n. September
9月
rarely used today, and the English loanword Setema is used instead.
今はほとんど使われず,英語からの借用語Setemaが使われる.
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