kāfai
See also: kafai
Tokelauan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *ka-fai. Cognates include Tongan ka na fai and Samoan ʻāfai.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaː.fa.i/
- Hyphenation: kā‧fa‧i
Conjunction
kāfai
- if, when
- 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau], 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 they live together in peace and happiness.
- when (at which point in the future)
References
- R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 148