How to Say “Beautiful” in Niuean

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fulufuluola
The Niuean word for beautiful is fulufuluola.
fulufuluola is an adjective used to describe something or someone as attractive.
Meaning: attractive (adj)

Did you know?

  • While fulufuluola describes physical beauty, Niueans often use the word lelei to describe a beauty that is more about being 'good' or 'fine' in character.
  • The repetition of syllables in fulufuluola is a common linguistic feature in Polynesian languages used to emphasize the intensity of an attribute.
  • In Niuean, adjectives like fulufuluola are often placed after the noun they describe, which is the opposite of the standard English word order.

Examples in context

  • Ko e tamaiti a Palemia e maitaki
    The child of Palemia is beautiful

Example conversation

Lani and Tevita are at a garden party.

  1. Lani

    Tevita, ko e kōto e koe fulufuluola.
    Tevita, your shirt is beautiful.
  2. Tevita

    Fakaue fakaume, Lani.
    Thank you, Lani.
  3. Lani

    He fulufuluola hē e nuaga nei.
    This place is also beautiful.
  4. Tevita

    Io, he fulufuluola taha.
    Yes, it is very beautiful.
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