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 Tuʻu Tiʻa
Star Fetū Hōkū Fetuʻu Fetiʻa Whetū
Starboard Taumatau ʻĀkau Toʻo Mataʻu ʻAtau Katau
Strength Malosi Ikaika Mālohi Itoito Rīrā
Sugar cane Tolo Saccharum officinarum
Sun Laʻā
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