mēkisikou
The Tongan word for a Mexican person or someone of Mexican descent is mēkisikou.
mēkisikou is a noun used to refer to an individual from Mexico or a person with Mexican heritage.
Meaning: person from Mexico or of Mexican descent (noun)
Did you know?
- Unlike English, Tongan does not typically capitalize the first letter of mēkisikou when writing in a sentence.
- Tongan grammar typically places the adjective after the noun, so to say 'a Mexican person' you would use a general word for 'person' followed by mēkisikou.
- Because Tongan is a Polynesian language, it shares a distant ancestral root with Hawaiian and Maori, yet it borrows modern terms like mēkisikou primarily from English.
Examples in context
- Ko e mēkisikou ia.He is Mexican.
Example conversation
Ana and Viliami are talking about a new neighbor.
- AnaKo hai e taha ko ia?Who is that person?
- ViliamiKo ha mēkisikou ko ia.He is a Mexican.
- AnaKo e fakafoou ia ki he kolo?Is he new to the town?
- ViliamiIo, naʻe meke hēne mai.Yes, he just moved here.
