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English to Polynesian Dictionary


English to Polynesian Dictionary


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English Sāmoan Hawaiʻian Tongan Tahitian Māori Scientific
Lamp Mōlī
Lanceleaf Tongue Fern Lau tasi Pyrossia lanceolata
Land Fanua ʻĀina Fonua Fenua Whenua
Language Gagana ‘Ōlelo
Lava Lava ‘Ā Lava Tahepuia
Leaf Lau Lau Lau Rau
Leather fern Lau gasese Davallia solida
Leeward Atea Lalo
Left (Direction) Tauagavale Hema Hema ʻAui Mauī
Lemon grass Moegalo Cymbopogon citratus
Lesser frigatebird ʻĀtafa Fregata ariel
Lesser Trema Māgele Trema cannabina
Light Malamalama Mālamalama Maama Maama Rama
Limeberry Talafalu Micromelum minutum
Limpet Matapisu ʻOpihi Matapihu ʻĀpata Limpet
Lineage Gafa Kū‘auhau Hohoko ‘Aufau fēti‘i Kāwai
Listen Faʻalogo Hoʻolohe, Hoʻolono Fakafanongo Faʻaroʻo Whakarongo
Love Alofa Aloha ʻOfa Aroha Aroha
Love (for one another) Fealofani

Sāmoan to English Dictionary


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Hawaiʻian to English Dictionary


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Tongan to English Dictionary


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Tahitian to English Dictionary


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Māori to English Dictionary


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The Pasefika Polynesian dictionary is project of Jon Apisa intended as a comparative dictionary to view similarities, differences and cognate relationships of words in multiple Polynesian languages.



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