Pasefika Hawaiʻian and Polynesian Dictionary


Hawaiʻian to English Dictionary



English Hawaiʻian Sāmoan Tongan Tahitian Māori Scientific
Salt Paʻakai Māsima Māsima Miti Popaʻā Tote NaCl or Sodium Chloride
Pacific Ocean Pākīpika Pasefika Pasifiki Patitifa Pasifika
Crab Pāpaʻi Paʻa Paka Paʻapaʻa Pāpaka Brachyura
Planting Stick Pau ʻioe
Finished Pau ʻUma
Done Pau ʻUma
Febuary Pepeluali Fepuali Fepueli Fepuare Pēpuere
Cow Pipi wahine Povi Pulu Puaʻatoro Kau Gallus gallus
Thursday Poʻaha Aso Tofi Tuʻapulelulu Mahana maha Rāpare
Monday Poʻakahi Aso Gafua Mōnite Monire Rāhina
Wednesday Poʻakolu Aso Lulu Pulelulu Mahana toru Rāʻapa
Friday Poʻalima Aso Falaile Falaite Mahana pae Rāmere
Tuesday Poʻalua Aso Lua Tūsite Mahana piti Rātū
Saturday Poʻaono Aso Toʻonaʻi Tokonaki Mahana maʻa Rāhoroi
Head Poʻo Ulu ʻUlu Upoʻo Upoko
Flower Pua Pua Matala Tiare Puaka
Pig Puaʻa Puaʻa Puaka Puaʻa Kunekune Sus scrofa, Sus scrofa domesticus


English to Polynesian Dictionary



Sāmoan to English Dictionary



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Tahitian to English Dictionary



Māori to English Dictionary



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