Pasefika Polynesian Dictionary
English to Polynesian Dictionary
English | Sāmoan | Hawaiʻian | Tongan | Tahitian | Māori | Scientific |
Tabasco Chili pepper | Polo feʻu | Capsicum annuum | ||||
Tahitian chestnut | Ifi | Inocarpus fagifer | ||||
Tahitian gardenia | Pua Sāmoa | Gardenia taitensis | ||||
Take, give | ʻAve | Lawe | ʻAve | Rave | Tango | |
Tarenna sambucina | Maʻanunu | Tarenna sambucina | ||||
Taro | Talo | Kalo | Talo | Taro | Taro | Colocasia esculenta |
Taro bud, young shoot from corm | Lauvai | ʻOhā | ||||
Taro bud, young shoot from corm | Soesoe | ʻOhā | ||||
Taro cutting/top used for planting | Tiapula | Huli | Colocasia esculenta | |||
Taro Leaf | Lu‘au | Lū‘au | ||||
Taro petiole, (individual) stalk | Fā | Hā | ||||
Taro plantation | Maʻumaga | Loʻi | Ngoue | Paʻi Taro | Māra | |
Tattoo | Tatau | Kākau | Tatatau | Tātau | Moko | |
Ten | Sefulu | ʻUmi | Hogofulu | Ahuru | Tekau | |
T-grass | Vao lima | Paspalum conjugatum | ||||
Thank you | Faʻafetai | Mahalo | ||||
Thank you very much | Faʻafetai tele lava | Mahalo nui loa | ||||
Three | Tolu | ʻEkolu | Tolu | Toru | Toru | |
Thursday | Aso Tofi | Poʻaha | Tuʻapulelulu | Mahana maha | Rāpare | |
Ti plant | Tī | Kī | Sī | ʻAutī | Tī pore | Cordyline fruticosa |
Tide | Tai | Kai | Tahi | Tai | ||
Tooth | Nifo | Niho | ||||
Tree | Lāʻau | Lāʻau | ||||
Tree Fern | ʻOliʻolī | Hāpuʻu | Ponga | |||
Tropical almond | Talie | Terminalia catappa | ||||
Tuesday | Aso Lua | Poʻalua | Tūsite | Mahana piti | Rātū | |
Turmeric | Ago (Lega) | ʻOlena | Curcuma longa | |||
Turn | Fuli | Huli | ||||
Two | Lua | ʻElua | Ua | Piti | Rua |
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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