Pasefika Polynesian Dictionary
English to Polynesian Dictionary
English | Sāmoan | Hawaiʻian | Tongan | Tahitian | Māori | Scientific |
Salt | Māsima | Paʻakai | Māsima | Miti Popaʻā | Tote | NaCl or Sodium Chloride |
Sāmoa | Sāmoa | Hāmoa | Haʻamoa | Hāmoa | Hāmoa | |
Sāmoan culture | Agānu‘u Sāmoa | |||||
Saturday | Aso Toʻonaʻi | Poʻaono | Tokonaki | Mahana maʻa | Rāhoroi | |
Saturn | Fetū tea | Planet | ||||
Scalloped Hammerhead | Mataʻitaliga | Manō kihikihi | Sphyrna lewini | |||
Screwpine | Fasa | Hala | Fa | Fara | Rauhara | Pandanus tectorius |
Screwpine | Fala | Hala | Fa | Fara | Rauhara | Pandanus tectorius |
Screwpine | Lau Fala | Lau Hala | Pandanus tectorius | |||
Sea | Sami | Kai | Tahi | Miti | Moana | |
Sea mango | Leva | Cerbera manghas | ||||
Sea Urchin | Vaga | Wana | Vana | Vana | Kina | Echinoidea |
September | Setema | Kepakemapa | Sepitema | Tetepa | Hepetema | |
Service, to serve | Tautua | Lawelawe | ||||
Seven | Fitu | ʻEhiku | Fitu | Hitu | Whitu | |
Shampoo Ginger | ʻAwapuhi Kuahiwi | Zingiber zerumbet | ||||
Shark | Malie | Manō | ʻAnga | Maʻo | Mangō | |
She | Tagata | Kanaka | Ne | ʻŌna | Ia | |
Shelter | Malu | Malu | Malu | Maru | Maru | |
Simpleleaf chastetree | Namulega | Vitex trifolia | ||||
Sirius | Telegese | Aʻā | Star System | |||
Sit | Nofo | Noho | Nofo | Noho | Noho | |
Six | Ono | ʻEono | Ono | Ono | Ono | |
Skipjack Tuna | Aku | Katsuwonus pelamis | ||||
Sky | Lagi | Lani | Langi | Raʻi | Rangi | |
Sleep | Moe | Moe | Mohe | Taʻoto | Moe | |
Small-leaved fig or Banyan | ʻAoa | Ficus obliqua | ||||
Smart | Poto | Akamai | ||||
Soap bush | Fisoa | Colubrina asiatica | ||||
Soil | ʻEleʻele | Lepo | Hakau | Aʻau | Kere | |
Song | Pese | Mele | Hiva | Pehe | Maire | |
South | Toga | Hema | Tonga | Toʻa | Tonga | S 180° |
South East | Saute i Sasaʻe | Malani | Tonga Hahake | Maraʻamu | Pitonga | SE 135° |
South West | Saute i Sisifo | Kona | Tokelau Hihifo | Urupā | Tonga mā uru | SW 225° |
Stand | Tū | Kū | Tuʻu | Tiʻa | Tū | |
Star | Fetū | Hōkū | Fetuʻu | Fetiʻa | Whetū | |
Starboard | Taumatau | ʻĀkau | Toʻo Mataʻu | ʻAtau | Katau | |
Strength | Malosi | Ikaika | Mālohi | Itoito | Rīrā | |
Sugar cane | Tolo | Kō | Saccharum officinarum | |||
Sun | Lā | Lā | Laʻā | Rā | Rā | |
Sunday | Aso Sa | Lapule | Sāpate | Tapati | Rātapu | |
Sweet Potato | ʻUmala | ʻUala | Ipomoea batatas | |||
Syzygium corynocarpum | Seasea | Syzygium corynocarpum |
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Welcome to the Pasefika Polynesian Dictionary. This dictionary is meant to be a comparative dictionary to quickly view similarities, differences and cognate relationships between words across Polynesian languages. The dictionary includes a format that will display english to polynesian translation into words from Sāmoan, Hawaiʻian, Tongan, Māori, and Tahitian languages.
Most knowledge in Polynesia was communicated and passed on through language, legends, and songs.
The Sāmoan alphabet constists of these letters
Sāmoan written Alphabet: A E F G I L M N O P S T U V (K H R are additonal)
Vowels in Sāmoan language
- A (ʻA A ʻĀ Ā) - pronounced (ˈä) AAh, like "AAh"
- E (ʻE E ʻĒ Ē) - pronounced (ˈe) Eh, like net
- I (ʻI I ʻĪ Ī) - pronounced (ē) EE, like see
- O (ʻO O ʻŌ Ō) - pronounced (ō) oh, like "Oh"
- U (ʻU U ʻŪ Ū) - pronounced (u̇(ə)) oo, like oops
- A glottal stop and/or macron indicate short, normal, long sound and/or a brief pause in the sound of each vowel).
A glottal stop and/or macron indicate short, normal, long sound and/or a brief pause in the sound of each vowel).
Consonants in Sāmoan language
F G L M N P S T V
Comparison of consonant letters of Sāmoan language to languages of other Polynesian cultures
- Sāmoa s or f = Aotearoa (Māori) h = Hawaiʻi h = Marquesas h = Tahiti h = Tonga h
- Sāmoa g = Aotearoa (Māori) ng = Hawaiʻi n = Marquesas k = Tahiti = Tonga g
- Sāmoa l = Aotearoa (Māori) r = Hawaiʻi l = Marquesas = Tahiti r = Tonga l
- Sāmoa t = Aotearoa (Māori) t = Hawaiʻi k = Marquesas = Tahiti t = Tonga t
- Sāmoa v = Aotearoa (Māori) w = Hawaiʻi w = Marquesas v = Tahiti v = Tonga v
- Sāmoa f = Aotearoa (Māori) wh = Hawaiʻi h = Marquesas f or h = Tahiti h or f = Tonga f
The letter K in Sāmoan language
K
The letter K is a consonant than notes the use of the "K" style of Samoan language and/or used for words introduced with translation from other languages.
Additional Consonants in Sāmoan language
H R
Additional consonants (introduced with translation)
Some English letters informally are translated to Sāmoan Language with the use of additional consonants and rarely with vowels.
- English b = Sāmoan p
- English c = Sāmoan t/k or s
- English d = Sāmoan t/k or s
- English d = Sāmoan t/k
- English g = Sāmoan t/k or s
- English j = Sāmoan s or i
In studies of linguistics, Sāmoan language has been catagoriezed within the Austronesian family of languages.
Linguistic classification
- Austronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Oceanic
- Central Pacific
- Polynesian
- Samoic
- Sāmoan