Fetū i luga o le moana | Hōkū i luna o ka moana (Stars above the ocean) by Jon Apisa

Fetū i luga o le moana | Hōkū i luna o ka moana (Stars above the ocean) drawing


Jon Apisa. Fetū i luga o le moana | Hōkū i luna o ka moana (Stars above the ocean). 2025. ink on paper, 4" x 4" (10.16cm x 10.16cm).


“Fetū i luga o le moana | Hōkū i luna o ka moana” (Stars above the ocean) ink drawing by Jon Apisa.

This was drawn with ink on paper, 4" x 4" (10.16cm x 10.16cm).

“Star” is:

  • Fetū in Sāmoa
  • Hōkū in Hawaiʻi
  • Fetuʻu in Tonga
  • Fetiʻa in Tahiti
  • Whetū in Māori

“Ocean” is:

  • Moana in Sāmoa
  • Moana in Hawaiʻi
  • Moana in Tonga
  • Moana in Tahiti
  • Moana in Māori

“Above” is:

  • i luga in Sāmoa
  • Maluna or i luna in Hawaiʻi
  • ʻi ʻolunga in Tonga
  • i niʻa in Tahiti
  • Runga ake in Māori


Fetū i luga o le moana | Hōkū i luna o ka moana (Stars above the ocean) ink drawing by Jon Apisa 08/04/2025



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